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CRYSTAL VISION THROUGH CRYSTAL 


GAZING 



The Magic Instruments of Art 
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CRYSTAL VISION 

THROUGH 

CRYSTAL GAZING 

OR 

THE CRYSTAL AS A STEPPING- 
STONE TO CLEAR VISION 

A Practical Treatise on the Real 
Value op Crystal-Gazing 

by 

FRATER ACHAD ^ 

Author of 

“Q. B. L. or THE BRIDE’S RECEPTION” 
and “THE CHALICE OP ECSTASY.” 



PUBLISHED BY 

YOGI PUBLICATION SOCIETY 

CHICAGO, U. S. A. 






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Copyright, 1923 
By C. STANSFELD-JONES 

Chicago 

International Copyright 
All Bights Keserved 


MAY -S 1923 


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Dedicated to Those 
Who 

Having Realized the Difficulties of the Path 
Have Sworn to Overcome All Things 

















FOREWORD 


The purpose of this little volume is three-fold. 
(1) To give those who are interested in the 
art of Crystal-Gazing a clear and concise method 
of procedure, not alone in the practice of the 
work, but also in the preparation of the crystal 
itself, so that it becomes a true material basis 
or link with other planes. (2) To show that 
the Ancient Methods of Working—if properly 
understood—are more scientific than modern 
ones, since they were designed to insure a defi¬ 
nite type of vision and to put the Seer in touch 
with definite Intelligences of a Higher Order. 
(3) To point out that there are other Crystalline 
Spheres besides the crystal ball at first used to 
contact them; and that eventually the practice 
may lead to very high results, if the necessary 
steps are taken to insure success. 

With these objects in mind, the Author has 
done all in his power to make this book of real 
value to all who may obtain it. 

In the hands of the beginner it may lead to 


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FOREWORD 


a wider conception of the Nature and Powers 
of his, or her, own being. Those who have al¬ 
ready travelled some distance along the Occult 
Path may still find help through the study of 
the more advanced, if less understood, methods 
of the Ancient Seers. Those who are seeking to 
make their own Vision more Perfect, so that the 
Light of Truth may focus itself within them, 
will also find hints as to the means of accom¬ 
plishing their True Purpose. 

Thus, it is hoped, all will be satisfied; and 
should their satisfaction be equal to that of the 
Author at this opportunity to herald the Light 
—however faintly—of the Ultimate Crystalline 
Sphere, Whose nature is Light Itself, he will be 
more than repaid for his efforts. 


Frater Achad. 


TABLE OP CONTENTS 

CHAPTER I. THE LESSER CRYSTAL¬ 
LINE SPHERE. First Con¬ 

siderations—The Crystal as a 
Material Basis—Magnetic At¬ 
traction—Choosing our Crystal 
—Why Crystals attract us— 
The Choice of our Place of 
Working—Purifying the Crys¬ 
tal—Consecrating the Crystal 
—Initiating the Crystal—Care 
of the Crystal. 

CHAPTER II. THE GREATER CRYSTAL¬ 
LINE SPHERE. How to ap¬ 

proach the Practice of Crystal 
Gazing. The Two Important 
Factors—What attracts us to 
the Crystal—Our Inner Mo¬ 
tives—Honesty of Purpose— 
Crystals and “crystals”—The 
First Great Lesson—The Sec¬ 
ond Great Lesson—Practical 
Instruction—The True Start. 


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CHAPTER III. 


CHAPTER IV. 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTAL¬ 
LINE SPHERE. The Value 
of our Visions—Taking Chances 
—Were the Ancient Seers 
Right?—Establishing Spirit 
Identity—Notes on the Ouija 
Board—Contact with the Un¬ 
seen World—Is it necessary 
that the Crystal should be in 
sight?—A Strange Experience 
—The Magic Mirror of the 
Universe—The Ancient Idea of 
the Cosmos—The Universal 
Crystalline Sphere and our con¬ 
nection with it. 

A CONSIDERATION OF THE 
ANCIENT METHODS. The 
necessary requirements — Tri- 
themius of Spanheim—His 
Work transmitted by Barrett 
—The Form of Preparation 
for a Vision—The Circle—The 
Holy Table—The Invocation— 
Consecration of the Circle— 
Conjuration of the Spirit—The 
License to Depart—The An- 


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gels and Planets Ruling the 
Hours of the Day and Night 
—Practical Difficulties — The 
Real Meaning of the Wand, 
and of the Divine Names—In¬ 
structions for the Few. 

CHAPTER V. FURTHER CONSIDERA¬ 
TIONS—THE METHODS OF 
DR. DEE AND SIR EDWARD 
KELLY. Much Knowledge, or 
none at all—Banishing and In¬ 
voking—Purification of Incense 
— Disastrous Results through 
Failure to understand — 
Seventeenth Century Crystal- 
Gazers — Their Visions — The 
Wonderful Work they Accom¬ 
plished—Results of their Work 
in this New Aeon—Inner Or¬ 
gans of Vision. 

CHAPTER VI. THE ATTAINMENT OF 
CRYSTAL VISION. What the 
Power to see Visions Depends 
upon—Inner G u i d a n c e—Vi¬ 
sions of a Definite Type—Cre¬ 
ative Imagination—Willed Re- 


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suits—A New State of Con¬ 
sciousness—Traveling in the 
Body of Light—Example of the 
Perfect Type of Symbolic Vi¬ 
sion—Visions that Initiate the 
Seer — Visions Universally 
True. 

CHAPTER VII. OF THE ULTIMATE CRYS¬ 
TAL. Some Valuable practical 
hints in the form of Maxims 
—Intermediate types of Vision 
—An Astral Journey under¬ 
taken by the Author—His 
Guru’s Comments thereon— 
Errors of Working—Another 
Vision of the Willed Type in 
order to obtain Definite Infor¬ 
mation—The Result s—The 
Star Consciousness — True 
Crystalline Vision. 


CHAPTER I 


THE LESSER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 

The study of Crystal Gazing without a Crystal 
would appear very much like the study of a “Bill 
of Fare” without troubling to obtain the material 
food described thereon. The mere reading of a 
book on a subject of this nature without an at¬ 
tempt to put into practice the processes described 
—step by step—from the very beginning, is 
futile and a mere waste of time. 

The first consideration, therefore (if the would- 
be seer has not already attended to the matter), 
will be the choice of a suitable Crystal to form 
the material basis of his experiments and a step¬ 
ping-stone to the development of his latent 
powers of clear vision. 

In all probability the aspirant to this ancient 
art has already been attracted to a Crystal Sphere 
of this nature, for there is little doubt of the 
extraordinary magnetic attraction of objects of 
this kind whenever they are exposed to our view, 
and since the present interest in this fascinating 


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subject has become apparent, we may see these 
Crystals displayed more publicly than has ever 
been the case in the past. 

In olden times, and even up to the last few 
years, crystals were the cherished possessions of 
those well advanced upon the Path and kept by 
them from the eyes of the so-called profane. 
Only after having found the way, often with diffi¬ 
culty, to the presence of these Seers, did an op¬ 
portunity occur to get even a glimpse of such a 
magical link with the invisible spheres. For¬ 
tunately for the modern aspirant, however, this 
difficulty has been removed and it has been found 
that more good may result by a proper study of 
this science so as to develop one’s own latent 
powers, than ever a mere visit to a Seer could 
produce. Man has made a considerable advance 
on the road to Attainment. Self-development 
and self-initiation are beginning to play a much 
more prominent part than formerly. Man is no 
longer content to believe what he is told, he at 
last desires to know from his own experience. 
The Crystal is a stepping-stone towards Self- 
knowledge. 

We should select our crystal with great care, 
the more perfect its quality, the more we should 


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desire it as the means of our development. It 
should be neither too large, nor too small, and 
here our natural intuition should be allowed to 
guide us, but I may say that it is not well that 
the Sphere be less than two and one-half inches 
in diameter, and it is not necessary that it be 
more than four. We should choose this crystal, 
I might almost say, lovingly; at least, if a selec¬ 
tion is presented to us we should take the one 
to which, after a moment of silent consideration, 
we feel most attracted; and this—if possible— 
regardless of the material consideration of its 
cost. We should not, however, purchase a globe 
which is far beyond our material means, so that 
other obligations would suffer thereby, other¬ 
wise, lurking at the back of our consciousness 
whenever we use it, may be the feeling of having 
acted wrongly in that connection from the very 
start. 

We must realize the importance of this ad¬ 
vice, for the great attraction that the Crystal 
has for us is something more than the arousing 
of a mere idle curiosity on our part. It is no 
less than a desire—subconscious it may be—to 
attain the same purity of soul that we perceive 
in the Crystal before us, and, as a matter of fact 


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the results we obtain by a study and practice 
of this Art will largely, if not entirely, depend 
on the purity of our desire and the quality and 
state of development of our inner nature. 

That is why I am taking up the material con¬ 
sideration first of all, for after the crystal has 
actually come into our possession, our path lies 
away from such considerations, at least until we 
have attained the success which will surely at¬ 
tend our earnest efforts in the right direction. 

Let us suppose then that the first step has been 
taken, a suitable Crystal has been obtained, and 
that the possessor has taken it into his own room 
—the one he likes best and wherein he feels most 
contented and serene. The choice of this room 
is also of importance, though in this case we 
must make the best of what is at our disposal. 
If possible this room should be one wherein we 
have never had any particularly unpleasant ex¬ 
perience, where there is nothing that we feel 
antipathy towards, and wherein are such objects 
as we love best of all our possessions. In such 
an atmosphere the soul of the seer will feel at 
peace, free from distractions, and consequently 
in the right mood to commence his studies. 

The Crystal should first be taken in both hands 


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and held for a few moments while we close our 
eyes and, calming the mind, raise our conscious¬ 
ness to the highest and purest Ideal of which we 
are capable. We should persist in our effort to¬ 
ward this state until we feel that holy calm and 
stillness, so well symbolized by the Crystal it¬ 
self. 

We should next turn our attention to the crys¬ 
tal, separating the thumbs slightly, thus allow¬ 
ing it to rest easily in the hollow of our hands. 
We should remember that we, too, rest thus in the 
Hollow of the Hand of the Almighty without 
Whose aid, our Work must come to naught. 

As we look into the depths of this Globe— 
material though it be—we cannot but be im¬ 
pressed with ideas of Purity. It is almost as if 
we gazed into the eyes of a little child, and there 
are few who have not experienced a peculiar 
sensation, almost amounting to awe, certainly 
one of wonder, when so doing. The soul of the 
seer is very like that of a little child—or should 
be—and it is in order that we may regain the 
purity and perfection of this child-like vision 
that we set out on this path. Most of our ma¬ 
terial surroundings give us a certain feeling of 
grossness, few, if any, can compare with the 


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lucid depths of the crystal now before us. 

But, in entering this path, we are about to deal 
with ideas and forces, finer and less apparent 
to our ordinary senses than any we have yet 
known. Even the transparent crystal is not as 
yet entirely pure, though we may be unable to 
perceive one spot on its surface or within its 
depths. 

It is charged with a certain subtle magnetism 
attracted to it from the surroundings in which it 
has been prior to the time we obtained it. It has 
passed through many hands before, for a few 
moments, it rested in our own while we turned 
our thoughts inward and upward towards the 
Highest. Even as our own aspiration at that 
moment was pure, so must we first purify this 
symbol of our Inner-self—The Diamond Soul as 
it is "sometimes called—for purification is the 
first step in the process whereby Initiation may 
be obtained. We must pass this material thing 
—inorganic and lifeless though it may seem to 
us—through the same processes of Purification, 
Consecration and Initiation, through which we 
in turn desire to pass. 

But how may this be accomplished? That is 
not so difficult as it might at first appear, but it 


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is quite necessary for all that, and in order to 
impress this necessity on your minds I must first 
devote a little time to an explanation of the 
process. 

Every material object, including the physical 
body of man himself, is but the outward expres¬ 
sion of certain finer forms of matter which in¬ 
terpenetrate it. Thus in the case of man, we 
may say he is composed of body, soul and spirit, 
the soul, in that case, being the plastic medium 
which enables the Pure Essence—or Spirit—to 
contact and communicate with the outer phys¬ 
ical shell or envelope. This Soul of man—and 
of the World—is sometimes called 'The Astral 
Light” or “Plastic Mediator”, for unlike grosser 
substances it may be readily moulded at will and 
without visible means. This Astral Light in¬ 
terpenetrates all objects, it is invisible to our 
physical senses, but its existence both in man 
and in all nature, makes possible the power of 
Clairvoyance—Clear Vision—as well as of Clair- 
audience and other powers the development of 
which does not come within the scope of the 
present treatise. 

This subtle magnetic fluid is everywhere pres¬ 
ent, and reflected upon it—as in a mirror—may 


CRYSTAL VISION 


be found all the events or pictures of what has 
occurred, or what is occurring on this planet 
and even beyond this sphere. The Astral light 
absorbs every least impression, and so, even 
though not apparent to our normal and unde¬ 
veloped senses, the astral counterpart of our 
Crystal Globe is still charged with impressions 
of all kinds that have accumulated within it since 
its material substance was first formed. Tt is 
because of its attracting these subtle influences 
that we wish to make use of it as a medium for 
bringing them to our own consciousness, but we 
must in the first instance de-magnetize it, so as 
to banish all trace of the past influences which it 
still contains. 

This may be simply accomplished as follows: 

PURIFICATION 

First place the crystal on a slender cup-like 
stand. (One may usually be obtained with the 
crystal in the first instance.) This stand should 
be placed on the surface of a small table, which 
has previously been carefully cleansed, and from 
which all other objects have been removed. 

We may either stand or sit before this table, 
within easy reach of the crystal while we per- 


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form the first step towards the purification of 
our material basis. Next place the tips of the 
fingers of both hands together, the thumbs being 
also joined, so as to form a circle—symbol of 
infinity but also of a limitation or boundary— 
then concentrate the attention on this circle un¬ 
til you clearly imagine, or actually feel, a film 
of fine astral matter, like the film of a soap-bub¬ 
ble, formed of the fine substance of your own 
astral and etheric bodies, spreading over the hol¬ 
low space between your hands. As in the former 
instance, when your whole attention was turned 
within, this film should represent to you the high¬ 
est and purest of which you are capable. A Film 
of such purity that it will have the effect of 
dispelling or banishing every lower influence it 
contacts. 

Having concentrated your mind in this way 
for a few moments—and the ease with which 
this is accomplished is a good test of your pow¬ 
ers as a crystal-gazer—you must now slowly 
move your hands until they are directly above 
the crystal on the table, and still keeping your 
mind firmly fixed on the idea of this pure film of 
astral matter, pass your hands down over the 
crystal, thus causing it, in its turn, to pass clear 


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through the magnetized circle of your hands. 
When your hands reach the table at the base of 
the stand, they should be drawn apart, thus 
breaking the “film” and leaving the crystal above 
de-magnetized of all that is of a lower vibration 
than your own highest ideal. It is then like a 
blank talisman, or a thing without life. If this 
first step has been successfully accomplished, the 
crystal will now give an impression of perfect 
‘cleanliness/ or that is the best description one 
can give of the proper result obtained by the 
process of purification. It must on no account 
be touched at this stage of the work. 

The next process is to charge it with your own 
magnetism, thus consecrating it to the Work you 
wish to accomplish. 

CONSECRATION 

If the best results are to be obtained the crys¬ 
tal must now be consecrated or dedicated to the 
special mission for which it is destined. This 
mission is a very important one, much greater 
than we at first imagined perhaps, for it is no 
less than that of representing to the seer his own 
Soul in the pure condition to which he aspires 
to bring it. For that reason, his material basis, 


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the crystal, must never be used for any but the 
highest purposes. It is no longer an ornament 
that may be placed on the mantel-shelf, but 
something he is about to endow with his own 
life, to charge with his own highest Will. Thus 
it becomes something most sacred to him, no 
longer an object to be idly handled by the pro¬ 
fane any more than he would allow his own in¬ 
nermost feelings and ideals to be thus roughly 
used by every passing stranger. This explains 
the attitude of the true Seer of the past; it is 
not so much that the Crystals they used became 
objects of superstitious mystery to the ignorant, 
as this sacred value to the Seer himself, which 
caused them to be so carefully preserved. Once 
we understand this, we shall adopt the right at¬ 
titude towards our studies from the very start. 

How then must we accomplish the Consecra¬ 
tion of our Small Crystalline Sphere? 

Leaving it just where it stands on the table 
before us we must next place the tips of our 
fingers and thumbs together, very much as be¬ 
fore, but this time allowing them to form a per¬ 
fect equilateral triangle. Our hands should be 
held in this position over the crystal, while we 
strongly concentrate our minds on the idea that 


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a positive current is flowing from them down 
into the crystal. This current must again repre¬ 
sent our highest aspiration in its purest form, 
but directed this time by our True Will. When 
we fairly feel this current flowing from our 
hands, they should be passed gently over the 
crystal —still forming the triangle as before— 
but gradually allowing the palms to encircle the 
globe, without actually touching it; then, when 
we feel impressed to do so as by an unseen force, 
we should gently but firmly grasp the crystal it¬ 
self, lifting it from its stand, and allowing our 
hands to pass all over its surface. All this while 
the mind must be kept in the highest possible 
condition of pure aspiration, as if we were giv¬ 
ing our very life to this object, as indeed we are, 
for it now becomes more than a mere symbol of 
dead matter, it lives, and we have brought it to 
birth as a child of our Will. Henceforth it must 
be treated as such, as a sacred instrument, dedi¬ 
cated and consecrated to the service of the High¬ 
est. 

And here a warning is necessary, though it 
will not be needed by the aspirant to this Art who 
has followed the directions hitherto given in the 
right spirit. This warning was also given by an 


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earlier writer on this subject, John Melville, he 
writes: 

“A sure and certain law exists, viz :—That 
if the seer's purpose be evil when he or she uses 
the crystal or mirror, it will react upon the seer 
sooner or later with terrible effect; wherefore all 
are strictly cautioned to be good and do good 
only." 

This may sound rather like Sunday-school talk, 
but when explained in the light of the principles 
I have set forth above, it becomes clear, for we 
thereby charge the body of our “child”—the crys¬ 
tal—with a force which must inevitably return 
to us as its creator, quite apart from any ques¬ 
tion of outside influence from “beings” on other 
planes. 

But he again reminds us that “The aerial 
spaces are thronged with countless intelligences 
—celestial, good, pure, true, and the reverse. 
The latter have force: the former possess power. 
To reach the good ones, the heart of the gazer 
must correspond, and they should be invoked 
with prayerful feelings. There are innumerable 
multitudes of the bad on the confines of Matter 
and Spirit. These malign forces are many and 
terrible; but they can never reach the soul that 


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relies on God in perfect faith, and which only 
invokes the Good, the Beautiful, and True for 
noble purposes.” 

Here we have many fresh ideas that need to 
be dealt with more fully in their proper place, 
but the advice is good, and the warning neces¬ 
sary to those who, with the best intentions, may 
through ignorance of their own nature, and that 
of the Universe in which they live and move and 
have their being, imprudently attract to them¬ 
selves forces of evil too great for them to with¬ 
stand, thus bringing about obsession, madness 
or even worse, through use of wrong methods. 

INITIATION 

This stage in the process of the preparation 
of our crystal has been partially accomplished 
in the previous section of the work. We have 
really CONSECRATED the object by determin¬ 
ing to use it only for the one work before us 
and for no other purpose, and we have at least 
partially INITIATED it by charging it with our 
own Will and Life. Initiation means a begin¬ 
ning and we shall have made a good beginning 
if the above instructions have been carefully and 
faithfully followed. An elaborate ceremony 


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15 


might have been adopted, but since we are our¬ 
selves only making a beginning of the Work, 
such a Ceremony, even if described would have 
appeared cumbersome and unwieldy. As it is 
the merest novice has no excuse for neglecting 
the few simple rules laid down, which in the end, 
will be seen to have a far greater importance 
than is at first imagined. 

If we start rightly we shall continue rightly, 
but a false start practically ruins our chances 
of success. 

Enough has been accomplished for the mo¬ 
ment, and the next step is to leave the crystal 
alone for a short time, not to start to use it im¬ 
mediately. This will be a test of patience, for 
one thing, and we shall need all our patience in 
order to succeed fully. 

But, as with a new born babe, we must not 
leave our crystal unprotected. It should be care¬ 
fully wrapped in a piece of silk obtained for the 
purpose and likewise dedicated to that end. 

Rose-pink is perhaps the best, as if to suggest 
our pure love of this “object” we have so care¬ 
fully prepared. Outside that we might well place 
“grey” and finally “black” silk wrappings. 

If this seems too elaborate, use a piece of pure 


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black silk only, and whenever the Little Crystal¬ 
line Sphere is used, first polish it carefully with 
this same silk wrapper. 

Now put your crystal away, and read the next 
Chapter carefully before attempting to use it 
further. 


CHAPTER II 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 

We have given some consideration to the 
proper preparation of our Crystal, or, as we 
termed it in the last chapter, The Lesser Crys¬ 
talline Sphere. We must now pay some atten¬ 
tion to the necessary condition of our own Inner 
Being or what we may term The Greater Crys¬ 
talline Sphere. 

The attitude of mind in which we approach 
the practice of the Art of Crystal-Gazing, will 
largely determine the results to be obtained 
therefrom. These may be little or great, as we 
ourselves look at the matter from a narrow or 
broad point of view. 

Those who enter upon this study, actuated by 
a mere idle curiosity, after having attempted to 
satisfy it, may find there is apparently very little 
to be gained, while, on the other hand, even if 
in the first instance curiosity alone was our mo¬ 
tive, it may give place to a genuine and lasting 
interest, leading to the highest results, if we are 
prepared to add to our original impulse enough 


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energy to carry us through the very necessary 
preliminary practices by which alone, success 
may be assured. 

There are two important factors entering into 
this proposition, The Seer or Gazer and the 
Crystal or object used to concentrate the gaze 
upon. The proper relation of these two is what 
brings about the desired result, viz: Clear 
Vision. 

Now the clarity of our vision depends chiefly 
upon ourselves, not upon the crystal which is but 
a convenient means of acquiring this. We should 
now spend a few minutes in self-examination, 
in the same way that we did when we first exam¬ 
ined the crystal or material basis of the work. 

Why have we been attracted to the crystal is 
just as important a question as why did the crys¬ 
tal attract us? In fact much more important, 
for our whole future may depend upon this curi¬ 
ous meeting. Was it because we had been told, 
or that we imagined, that by some mysterious 
means we should thereby be enabled to peer into 
the future there to discover what lies before us 
on Life’s Path, or what lies before those whom 
we hold dear as friends or acquaintances? Was 
it that we might perchance see the vision of one 
whom we had idealized in our imagination as a 


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soul-mate, and hoped thereby to be assured of 
the actual existence of such? Was it that we 
might pry into the distant past, or even into the 
immediate past, of the lives of those with whom 
we are in daily contact, so that we might thereby 
obtain a knowledge of events that would at the 
same time put us in possession of a certain de¬ 
gree of power? Or was it as a stepping stone 
to really Clear Vision, a better understanding 
of Life itself, of our own being, and our true 
relationship with our environment in a larger 
sense than could be expected by mere physical 
means ? 

Probably our motives may have been com¬ 
pounded of some or all of these, and many more, 
and on that account be somewhat vague and un¬ 
certain. In that case we must at first expect a 
certain vagueness and uncertainty in our visions. 
In proportion to the clarity of our own concep¬ 
tions, must our visions appear hazy or perfect in 
every way. “A true vision is to awakement as 
awakement is to a dream: and a perfect vision 
is so nearly perfect Reality that words cannot 
be found in which to translate it, yet it must not 
be forgotten that its truth ceases on return of 
the seer to the Material plane” This statement 


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was made by one of the Great Seers, one who 
no longer needs the aid of a crystal, yet it holds 
good in this case also and will give the aspirant 
a glimpse of what may be expected provided we 
go to the trouble to thus perfect our instrument 
—the Greater Crystalline Sphere. 

A certain honesty of purpose is requisite to 
this Art, that is to say if it is our true desire 
to obtain the best results. The Good the Beauti¬ 
ful and the True are the natural desires of the 
human soul, any inclination towards the reverse, 
shows an imperfection in our Crystalline Sphere 
which needs to be eradicated. Fortunately the 
Soul of man is Plastic and unlike the Hard Crys¬ 
tal Globe, may be easily worked upon and re¬ 
moulded nearer to the heart's desire. 

A certain honesty of purpose must also be 
apparent in the instructions we follow, and for 
that reason it may be well to say a few words 
about the “crystals” and books on Crystal-Gazing 
which may come into the hands of the Student. 

First then in regard to Crystals and “crystals”. 
In all probability the crystal you have purchased, 
purified, consecrated, initiated and wrapped away 
so carefully, is not a real crystal at all. This 
news may come to you with a kind of sicken- 


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21 


ing shock. But this shock will not last long if 
your own “Greater Crystal” the Inner Part of 
your being is true, and if you have faithfully 
carried out the preliminary instructions as di¬ 
rected. You have accepted this symbolic crys¬ 
tal as your “child”, as something into which you 
have directed your highest aspiration and will. 
It matters little what the substance is composed 
of, so long as it has now become for you a sacred 
thing. 

But how could you have been thus deceived— 
if such were the case. Through ignorance of the 
real value of Crystal. In all probability the ball 
you purchased cost but a few dollars, whereas, 
had it been genuine Crystal, it would have been 
much beyond your means, or at least have cost 
more than you were prepared to risk on the ex¬ 
periment in hand. You have probably obtained 
a very carefully cut and polished sphere of glass, 
free from flaws and difficult and expensive to 
make. But it is a manufactured article, not a 
natural stone. It may be you could see little dif¬ 
ference between it and a genuine stone, but the 
difference lies within, for the real crystal is built 
up by Nature on hexagonal lines, yet so clear 
and transparent is the stone that we do not see 


22 


CRYSTAL VISION 


them. The one true test of all the crystal fam¬ 
ily is the fact that the angle of incidence remains 
the same in each species. Now the Hexagram 
symbolizes the Macrocosm, the Great Universe, 
or God. For the moment we have described the 
Soul of Man as our Greater Crystalline Sphere. 
In many cases this Soul has not attained to its 
greatest purity, and is little more than the Glass 
Sphere is to the Genuine Crystal. 

Let this teach you your first great lesson in 
the Art, not to be deceived by appearances, for 
it is written “The Devil himself may appear to 
us as an Angel of Light”. Yet do not be dis¬ 
couraged by this discovery, let us examine the 
matter more closely. Crystals are comparatively 
rare, and while little in demand, and that only by 
the most earnest seekers and Seers who were pre¬ 
pared to “Buy their eggs without haggling”, the 
supply was ample to fill the needs of those who 
sought after them. Today Crystal-Gazing has 
taken a more popular aspect, and attracts—in 
many instances—less serious people, or those 
who are not prepared to pay very highly for the 
fulfillment of their desires. Consequently a de¬ 
mand has arisen for “something very like the 
real”—just as good perhaps for the majority of 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 23 


persons—but, what is more serious there is likely 
to be a corresponding decline in the value of the 
practice, for less care may be taken in the 
methods used, and so on, till—like many other 
studies—it fails to be understood and thus falls 
into disrepute. 

Fortunately the matter is not irreparable 
when understood in its true light, and greater 
reliance placed upon the inner powers of the Seer 
than on the objects at which he gazes. He can¬ 
not change glass into crystal in the case of the 
globe before him, but he may change Glass into 
Crystal in the case of his own Inner Being, and 
the latter is far the most important considera¬ 
tion after all. 

Next, in regard to books on the subject of 
Crystal-Gazing, we find the Art mentioned here 
and there in a great many Ancient and Modern 
treatises on Occult matters, but there are few 
books of a serious nature devoted entirely to 
this subject. What we do see are usually pro¬ 
duced in such a catch-penny style that they are 
immediately associated with ‘fortune-telling’ 
and ‘dream-books’ of the lowest order. 

There is one little book, however, that is well 
worthy of notice as it is evidently an earnest 


24 


CRYSTAL VISION 


effort on the part of the Author to set forth the 
main principles, as far as known to him, in a 
truly helpful manner. I refer to “Crystal Gaz¬ 
ing and Clairvoyance” by John Melville. Pub¬ 
lished London 1910 by Nichols and Co. in a new 
and revised form. I shall refer to this little 
book again from time to time, meanwhile I 
should tell you that it is out of print and not 
available in America in that form. I may re¬ 
mark, however, that it has been copied almost 
word for word by a person who, claiming to be 
an occultist, should know better. The book was 
Copyrighted in England in 1896, but apparently 
no American protection was secured by the 
Author or Publisher. In that case it may be 
just within the scope of legitimate business to 
publish an American Edition without permission 
of the author or his agents, but in the case I 
refer to even the Author's Preface was copied 
word for word and signed by the impostor with 
his own name as being author of the whole 
treatise; acknowledged references in the book 
itself to other contributors were deliberately de¬ 
leted and so changed that credit was no longer 
given to original sources, and in addition Copy¬ 
right was claimed by the plagiarist, not alone in 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 


25 


America but even in England and other Coun¬ 
tries covered by the original Copyright. A 
warning was added that the contents of the vol¬ 
ume must not be copied in any way without 
written permission, disregard of which would 
subject the offender to the penalty provided by 
law. This seems to me to add insult to injury 
and, whether the laws of the Country overlook 
such things or not, the Law of Karma must in 
the long run deal with anyone who steals another 
man's work and calls it his own and then foists 
it upon the public, making everyone who pur¬ 
chases the book, whether ignorant of the truth or 
otherwise, what can scarcely be other than a re¬ 
ceiver of stolen goods. 

From an occult point of view these circum¬ 
stances practically bar the serious student from 
any benefit he might otherwise have derived 
from a study of the book itself, but fortunately, 
that is not essential as after all the treatise leaves 
much to be desired. 

You may learn a further important lesson 
from what has just been recited, viz: Don't be 
content to rely upon appearances, and when you 
obtain a message from whatever source don't be 
too sure that the source is the same that it pur- 


26 


CRYSTAL VISION 


ports to be, or that you imagine it to be. In 
Crystal-Gazing, and all similar practices this is 
of vital importance, for neglect of this warning, 
may lead you far astray from the true Path. St. 
John knew his business when he said: “Test ye 
the spirits, whether they be of God.” (Good). 
And this testing of your sources of information, 
as well as of your own motives is of primary 
import. 

To return, however, to John Melville's little 
book, it is cast in the following form. First the 
composition of Beryls or Crystals is taken up; 
but for reasons mentioned earlier in this chap¬ 
ter, this aspect is of no great importance to the 
modern enquirer. Then the derivation of the 
name is discussed and certain other matters of 
a hypothetical nature are enquired into. The 
Ancient Methods of Ceremonial in connection 
with the Art are summarized, and a few prac¬ 
tical directions for the modern student follow. 
This concludes the first part of the book deal¬ 
ing particularly with the matter in hand. The 
second part is by another author, and entitled 
Hygienic Clairvoyance, the title being a most 
unfortunate one in my opinion, although there 
are some interesting hints in regard to “Induced 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 27 


Clairvoyance” towards the end of the book. But 
there is no connected and systematic thread to 
guide the student through the various stages 
that may be necessary for him in order to at¬ 
tain a complete knowledge and experience of 
the whole matter. For that reason, having been 
requested to prepare a new and original account 
of the processes involved, I have decided to start 
at the very beginning, and lead the student by 
gradual stages to a comprehension of the larger 
outcome of the Work. 

But it is now time for us to consider the early 
stages of the practical work, taking up the thread 
from where we left it at the end of the last chap¬ 
ter. 

Therefore take your crystal and polish it care¬ 
fully placing it upon its stand near you, while 
you pay attention to the following directions. 

In the first instance your desire is merely to 
cultivate a certain degree of clairvoyant power 
by the regular use of this globe. By this means 
what are called “visions” of things or events, 
past, present or future may appear clearly to the 
inner sight or eye of the soul. 

No great harm can come from this practice, 
provided that the inner motives of the Seer are 


28 


CRYSTAL VISION 


kept pure and no attempt is made to prostitute 
it to undesirable ends. Looked upon as a pro¬ 
cess of self-development leading to concentration 
of the powers of the mind, and a widening of the 
mental horizon, the practice of this art may be 
recommended to almost everyone. 

The rules laid down by John Melville for this 
stage of the work are clear and concise, and 
leave little to be desired, I shall therefore quote 
them practically in full, adding my own com¬ 
ments, where necessary, in brackets. 

(1) “Select a quiet room where you will be 
entirely undisturbed, taking care that it is as far 
as possible free from mirrors, ornaments, pic¬ 
tures, glaring colours and the like, which may 
otherwise distract the attention. 

This room should be of a comfortable tempera¬ 
ture in accordance with the time of year, neither 
too hot nor too cold. About 60° to 65° Fahr. is 
suitable in most cases, though allowance can be 
made for natural differences in the tempera¬ 
ments of various persons. Thus thin, nervous, 
delicately organized individuals, and those of 
lymphatic and soft, easy-going, passive types, re¬ 
quire a slightly warmer apartment than the more 
positive class, who are known by their dark eyes, 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 


29 


hair and complexion, combined with more promi¬ 
nent joints and sharper development of what 
phrenologists term the Perceptive region of the 
forehead. Should a fire, or any form of arti¬ 
ficial light be necessary, it should be well screened 
off, so as to prevent the light rays from being 
reflected in, or in any manner directly reaching 
the crystal. 

The room should not be dark, but rather shad¬ 
owed, or charged with dull light, somewhat such 
as prevails on a cloudy or wet day. 

(2) The crystal should be placed on its stand 
on a table, or it may rest on a black velvet cush¬ 
ion, but in either case it should be partially sur¬ 
rounded by a black silk or similar wrap or screen, 
so adjusted as to cut off any undesirable reflec¬ 
tion. 

Before beginning to experiment, remember 
that most frequently nothing will be seen on the 
first occasion, and possibly not for several sit¬ 
tings, though some sitters, if strongly gifted 
with psychic powers in a state of unconscious, 
and sometimes conscious degree of unfoldment, 
may be fortunate enough to obtain good results 
at the very first trial. 

If, therefore, nothing is perceived during the 


30 


CRYSTAL VISION 


first few attempts, do not despair or become im¬ 
patient or imagine that you will never see any¬ 
thing. 

There is a royal road to crystal vision, but it 
is open only to the compound password of Calm¬ 
ness, Patience, Perseverance. If at the first at¬ 
tempt to ride a bicycle failure ensues, the only 
way to learn is to pay attention to the necessary 
rules, and to persevere daily until the ability to 
ride comes naturally. 

Thus it is with the would be seer. Persevere 
in accordance with these simple directions, and 
success will sooner or later crown your efforts. 

(3) Commence by sitting comfortably with 
the eyes fixed upon the crystal, not by a fierce 
stare, but with a steady, calm gaze, for ten min¬ 
utes only, on the first occasion. In taking the 
time it is best to hang your watch at a distance 
where, while the face is clearly visible, the tick¬ 
ing is rendered inaudible. When the time is up, 
carefully put the crystal away in its case, and 
keep it in a dark place, under lock and key, al¬ 
lowing no one but yourself to handle it. 

(The importance of this latter instruction will 
be clear to those who have studied the first chap¬ 
ter of this present treatise, and who have actu- 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 31 


ally prepared their crystals in the proper man¬ 
ner. Strange magnetism will of course have its 
effect on the crystal globe, and again render 
necessary some such process of Purification as 
already described.) 

At the second sitting, which should be at the 
same place, in the same position, and at the same 
time, you may increase the length of the effort 
to fifteen minutes, and continue for this period 
during the next five or six sittings, after which 
the time may be gradually increased, but should 
in no case exceed one hour. 

(The first instruction in the above paragraph, 
relative to place, time, etc., is given in order that 
the student may take advantage of certain Cyclic 
Laws, which make the repetition of an act under 
similar circumstances, easier with each attempt, 
on account of the fact that he has begun to form 
a habit of working.) 

(4) Any person, or persons admitted to the 
room, and allowed to remain while you sit should 
(a) keep absolute silence and (b) remain seated 
at a distance from you. 

(The presence of any other person is of course 
a handicap to concentration of mind, and should 
be avoided at first. Any movement in the room 


32 


CRYSTAL VISION 


may reflect in the crystal, and thus disturb the 
vision.) 

When you have developed your latent powers, 
questions may, of course, be put to you by one 
of those present, but even then only in a very 
gentle, or low and slow tone of voice; never sud¬ 
denly, or in a forceful manner. 

(It is far better to make the whole practice 
one of self-development, and not to have people 
around who will ask a lot of idle questions. 
Again, the soul of the seer is to some extent 
thrown open during the practice, so as to make 
impressions from the Higher Spheres possible, 
and it is quite another matter to let other, prob¬ 
ably ignorant, people, pump the mind of the seer 
full of suggestions of a lower order, while in 
that condition. Therein lies the danger of the 
practice.) 

(5) When you find the crystal begins to look 
dull or cloudy, with small pin points of light 
glittering therein, like tiny stars, you may know 
that you are commencing to obtain that for 
which you seek—viz: crystalline vision. There¬ 
fore persevere with confidence. This con¬ 
dition may, or may not, continue for several sit¬ 
tings, the crystal seeming at times to alternately 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 33 


appear and disappear as in a mist. By and by 
this hazy appearance will in its turn give place 
quite suddenly to a blindness of the senses to all 
else but a blue or bluish ocean of space, against 
which, as if it were a background, the vision will 
be clearly apparent. 

(The above is practially all the instruction 
necessary to the desired result, the rest is prac¬ 
tice on your part. Yet here are a few further 
hints for your guidance:) 

(6) The crystal should not be used soon after 
taking a meal, and care should be taken in mat¬ 
ters of diet to partake only of digestible foods, 
and to avoid alcoholic beverages. Plain and 
nourishing food, and outdoor exercise, with con¬ 
tentment of mind, or love of simplicity of living, 
are great aids to success. Mental anxiety, or ill- 
health, are not conducive to the desired end. At¬ 
tention to correct breathing is of importance. 

(A long comment might be added on the neces¬ 
sity of correct breathing, it will perhaps find a 
place later on in this treatise.) 

(7) As regards the time at which events seen 
will come to pass, each seer is usually impressed 
with regard thereto; but as a general rule, vi¬ 
sions appearing in the extreme background indi- 


34 


CRYSTAL VISION 


cate time more remote, either past or future, 
than those perceived nearer at hand, while those 
appearing in the forefront, or close to the seer, 
denote the present, or immediate future. 

(This question of ‘time’ is an important one, 
and it is unfortunate that it should largely de¬ 
pend on the ‘hunch’ of the seer. Time on other 
planes is differently conditioned, or rather since 
time is a mode of the human mind, and our mind 
is at a different state of vibration when examin¬ 
ing a vision, the question arises as to the ability 
of the seer to translate one set of time senses 
into another corresponding to a different plane. 
Time in the long run, is discovered to be an il¬ 
lusion after all. There is much in the warning, 
previously given, that however perfect a vision 
may appear, it is untrue when brought down to 
the material plane. More may be said on this 
matter later.) 

(8) Two principal classes of visions will pre¬ 
sent themselves to the sitter (a) The Symbolic, 
indicated by the appearance of symbols such as a 
flag, boat, knife, gold, etc.: and (b) Actual 
Scenes and Personages, in action or otherwise. 

(In the former instance much will depend on 
the ability of the seer to translate the symbols 


THE GREATER CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 


35 


correctly, and in the latter there is always liable 
to be deception by elementals masquerading as 
the persons that appear to the seer. Remember 
our warning about the faked book.) 

Persons of a Positive cast of organization, the 
more active, excitable, yet decided type, are most 
likely to perceive symbolically or allegorically; 
while those of a Passive nature usually receive 
direct or literal revelations. Both classes will 
find it necessary to carefully cultivate truthful¬ 
ness, unselfishness, gratitude for what is shown, 
and absolute confidence in the Love, Wisdom and 
Guidance of God Himself.” 


So ends Mr. Melville's instruction, and he dis¬ 
plays his wisdom in thus warning the reader 
of the necessity of cultivating purity in his own 
Larger Crystalline Sphere, and in relying on 
nothing but the highest as his ultimate Guide. 
We shall understand this more clearly as the 
work progresses, meanwhile enough has been 
given to enable the would-be seer to start—with¬ 
out further delay—his actual practice of the 
Art. 

Follow the above instructions carefully, and 
perform your first ten-minute practice now , be- 



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CRYSTAL VISION 


fore you go any further in the study of this 
treatise. Then make up your mind to do the 
practice regularly every day till you have proved 
for yourself the possibility of obtaining some re¬ 
sults by this means. 


CHAPTER III 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 

There is little doubt of the possibility of 
developing the power to “see things” of an un¬ 
usual and unlooked for nature, if a certain course 
of action is persisted in. The drunkard proves 
this possibility beyond shadow of doubt. But 
as to the value of what is then perceived, and 
even the value of what we may perceive as a 
result of our concentrated attention on the crys¬ 
tal, that requires further consideration, and a 
careful decision on the part of the would-be seer, 
as to what he is prepared to accept as truth, and 
what he is willing to reject as valueless, despite 
—perhaps—its -fascinating appearance. 

Here we find ourselves in much deeper waters, 
but it will be well worth while to give the matter 
careful consideration, for it is written: “What 
shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, 
and lose his own soul?” 

We cannot afford to take any chances of ex¬ 
changing The Soul—our Greater Crystalline 


( 37 ) 


38 


CRYSTAL VISION 


Sphere—for any lesser consideration that may 
fascinate us by means of reflection in our Glass 
Globe or Lesser Crystalline Sphere. 

Mr. Melville—while pointing out in his little 
book that the ancient and more elaborate meth¬ 
ods of using the Crystal involve a great deal more 
preparation, and possibly more danger on account 
of the fact that in olden times the Seers did not 
use the Crystal so much as a means to personal 
clairvoyance, as in order to compel the actual 
presence of certain genii or spirits in the crystal, 
and to obtain therefrom answers to such ques¬ 
tions as might be propounded by the querient— 
rather discounts the value of the more practical 
application therein implied. 

He says “That as the ordinary experimenter 
of today has no desire to compel the presence of 
a spiritual being in the crystal, it is quite un¬ 
necessary for him or her to draw magic circles, 
or to go to the trouble and expense of acquiring 
and using special or costly apparatus, with the 
exception of the crystal itself.” But, after all, 
let us pay a little attention to what we are doing, 
before we accept too readily the statement that a 
certain degree of trouble and expense are un¬ 
necessary and the assurance that we can place 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 39 


reliance on the results obtained by the simple 
method of gazing into the crystal and taking 
a chance as to what we see presented to our in¬ 
ner vision. The Ancients, generally speaking, 
were not half so easily deceived as many mod¬ 
erns who dabble in arts and sciences with very 
little real knowledge as to what they are under¬ 
taking or expect as a result. 

I can do no better than quote a brief article 
which appeared in an American Magazine, writ¬ 
ten by The Master Therion, on: 

THE OUIJA BOARD. 

“Suppose a perfect stranger came into your 
office and proceeded to give orders to your staff. 
Suppose a strange woman walked into your 
drawing room and insisted on being hostess. 
You would be troubled by this. Yet, people sit 
down and offer the use of their brains and hands 
(which are, after all, more important than offices 
and drawing rooms) to any stray intelligences 
that may be wandering about. People use the 
Ouija Board without taking the slightest pre¬ 
cautions. 

The establishment of the identity of a spirit 


40 


CRYSTAL VISION 


by ordinary methods is a very difficult problem, 
but the majority of people who play at Occultism 
do not even worry about this, They get some¬ 
thing, and it does not seem to matter what! 
Every inanity, every stupidity, every piece of 
rubbish, is taken not only on its face value, but 
at an utterly exaggerated value. The most ap¬ 
pallingly bad poetry will pass for Shelly, if only 
its authentication be that of a planchette! There 
is, however a good way of using this instrument 
to get what you want, and that is to perform the 
whole operation in a consecrated circle, so that 
undesirable aliens cannot interfere with it. You 
should then employ the proper magical invoca¬ 
tion in order to get into your circle the one spirit 
that you want. It is comparatively easy to do 
this. A few simple instructions are all that is 
necessary, and I shall be pleased to give these, 
free of charge, to anyone who cares to apply. 

“It is not particularly easy to get the spirit of 
a dead man, because the human soul, being di¬ 
vine, is not amenable to the control of other 
human souls; and it is further not legitimate 
or desirable to do it. But what can be done is to 
pick up the astral remains of the dead man from 
the Akasha and to build them up into a concrete 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 41 


mind. This operation, again, is not, particularly 
profitable. The only legitimate work in this line 
is to get into touch with the really high intelli¬ 
gences, such as we call Gods, Archangels, and the 
like. These can give real information as to what 
is most necessary for our progress. And it is 
written in the Oracles of Zoroaster that unto the 
Persevering Mortal the Blessed Immortals are 
swift.” 

* * * 

Here, for the case of the Ouija Board applies 
equally to the Crystal, we find a masterly com¬ 
mon-sense explanation of why the ancient and 
modem adepts resort to more careful, if more 
elaborate, methods to insure proper results. The 
danger lies in failure to adopt them, rather than 
the reverse. 

But, after all, we have been considering the ^ 
crystal chiefly as an aid to the development of 
our Inner Self, rather than the possibility of 
Divination by its means. In this course we 
should persist for the present. 

In Melville's work we find a Plate showing the 
operator seated before his table with his gaze 
fixed upon the crystal (which being on a stand 
is nearly at the level of his eyes), while the rays 


42 


CRYSTAL VISION 


of magnetism, following the line of vision fo¬ 
cussed in the eyes, spread out slightly till they 
reach the crystal, then widely diverge as repre¬ 
senting the Universal attraction of the Crystal 
itself. In other words, The Universal forces and 
the Human forces meet at the point of the Crys¬ 
tal and thus produce the vision. 

Up to this point we had only taken into con¬ 
sideration the Lesser Crystalline Sphere, and the 
Greater one, or The Soul of Man, but had left 
out of account the Corresponding Sphere of a 
Universal Nature. This will be dealt with more 
fully in its proper place, meanwhile a few words 
may be said on the modus operandi of bringing 
the enquirer into direct contact with the crystal, 
and through its medium, with the unseen world. 
Melville suggests: 

“(1) By Concentration in the Crystal of the 
greatest possible influx of celestial or terrestrial 
magnetism, or both. 

(2) By Concentration in the Body of the 
operator of unalloyed magnetism, through the 
purity of the amatory functions. 

(3) By Concentration of the Mind, through 
the mental faculty of “Concentrativeness,” act¬ 
ing through the Phrenological Brain “centre” lo- 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 43 


cated in the superior portion of the First Occi¬ 
pital convolution of the Cerebrum.” 

All the above, it will be seen, imply CON¬ 
CENTRATION, and this is all focussed in the 
Crystal. 

The real key to the reference to our "ama¬ 
tory functions ,, is that we must "fall in love with 
the object of our work” for Love is the tendency 
of any two things to become one, thus losing 
themselves in a third idea, different from either 
of them. When the experimenter has so con¬ 
centrated his attention on the crystal that no 
other idea enters his mind, the SEER and the 
SEEN, as it were, rush together and blend into a 
vision of a more Universal Order. Self and the 
Crystal are both forgotten when this "marriage” 
takes place. 

Now comes an interesting question. Is it nec¬ 
essary that the crystal or other magtcal link or 
material basis be within sight of the operator at 
all? Again, may the concentration of the mind 
of the operator on a point within his own being 
produce similar, perhaps better results? In 
other words, is the crystal but a means towards 
CONCENTRATION OF MIND, which when 
accomplished may be better transferred to some 
other centre or focal point. 


44 


CRYSTAL VISION 


In regard to the question of the magical link 
the author may quote one of his own early ex¬ 
periences which may be of interest to some other 
students. 

On May 28th, 1914 between 10:10 and 10:35 
P. M. his Magical Record shows that in accord¬ 
ance with instructions received from the great 
Order of which he was then a Neophyte, he was 
attempting to answer the following Examination 
Question from a series of practical questions 
forming part of the task of his Grade. 

“Discover by means of Astral Visions the na¬ 
ture of the Alchemical principles Sulphur, Mer¬ 
cury, and Salt. How do they differ from the 
Three Gunas and from the Elements Fire, Water 
and Air?” 

Without going into the means of Astral Vi¬ 
sion (not the crystal) or the early part of the 
visions, we may quote the following entry from 
his record: 

“Thirdly, I considered “Salt” and there came 
a vision of a ship upon - the sea, this ship pres¬ 
ently struck a rock and was sucked down into 
the depths of the ocean, to rise no more. And 
I meditated upon this, as the action of Tamas- 
sloth. Once strike the “Earth” and its “Waters” 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 45 


(or Tamas) will draw you down and hold you 
fast, more surely than either the energy of Sul¬ 
phur or the calm of Mercury.” 

“May 29th, 1914. Last night, after entering 
diary about 11:5 P. M. I felt very cold indeed, 
and went over to the next camp to fetch R. I 
was still shivering when I went to bed. This 
morning, at the Railway Station, 1 heard of the 
sinking of ‘The Empress of Ireland \ 

“It was not until after my arrival at the office 
that I remembered the vision I obtained last 
night, when it suddenly flashed across my mind 
as a strange coincidence. On further thought 
I noticed the time (10:15 to 10:30 P. M. Van¬ 
couver British Columbia.) exactly corresponded 
to 2:30 A. M. at Quebec where the time is 4 
hours different. The “Empress” went down at 
2:30 A. M. 

I thought this of sufficient interest from a 
scientific point of view (although the vision had 
come to me merely as a Symbol of the Element, 
Water) to take a little trouble to prove that I 
had recorded the vision before I could possibly 
have heard of the accident and within 10 minutes 
of the actual event the other side of the Conti¬ 
nent, so I got a friend to fetch my diary from 


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CRYSTAL VISION 


home and to witness the fact of the entry. 

Was the thought form produced by the oc¬ 
currence transmitted to me while in a receptive 
state of mind; and had the shivering anything to 
do with the condition? 

Now comes the interesting point. All the 
above may have been coincidence, but I was in¬ 
terested, some months later, to receive a letter 
marked “RECOVERED BY DIVERS FROM 
THE WRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF IRE¬ 
LAND^ and returned with the Government 
stamp to that effect thereon. This letter turned 
out to be the one I had written to Fra. 0. M. 
on May 21st INFORMING HIM THAT I WAS 
ABOUT TO COMMENCE THIS SERIES OF 
EXPERIMENTS.” (See Figures II and III.) 

In the above instance the LETTER containing 
the magnetism of the writer, seems to have been 
a sufficient link, at a distance of thousands of 
miles, to produce a SYMBOLIC VISION of the 
nature sometimes seen in Crystals. 

But it must be remembered that the mind 
of the Seer chanced at that time to be CONCEN¬ 
TRATED, not on the lesser crystal but within 
His Greater Crystalline Sphere, the Astral por¬ 
tion of his Sphere of Sensation, or MAGIC MIR¬ 
ROR OF THE UNIVERSE. 


THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 47 






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THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 49 


This, in the properly trained Seer, becomes of 
far greater importance than the exterior crystal 
globe, for although it but reflects the Higher Vi¬ 
sions, it does so directly not by relays. Also it 
is more like a Hollow Sphere at the CENTRE 
of which is the CONSCIOUSNESS of the OPER¬ 
ATOR. 

We may now consider how the Ancients looked 
upon the Universe as to its formation. Their 
plan does not tally with modern scientific ideas, 
but it was probably the result of their own ex¬ 
perience of Higher Planes, and as before stated, 
however perfect the Vision it is not true when 
brought down to this plane. 

According to the anonymous author of “The 
Canon,” the cosmos of the Christians, accord¬ 
ing to late writers, but presumably derived from 
the tradition of the ancient church, consisted of 
three principal divisions: First, there were the 
three circles of the empyreum, secondly, the 
sphere of the fixed stars, together with the seven 
placets; and, lastly the sublunary, or elementary 
world. 

The accompanying diagram and description 
will make the matter clear. At the Centre of 
their conception is the Earth, or Elementary 
Kingdom, around which circled the Moon. Out- 


60 


CRYSTAL VISION 


side this, is a series of concentric spheres of the 
Planetary Influences. First Mercury, then 
Venus, The Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, be¬ 
yond which great sphere is to be found that of 



Figure IV 

The Ancient Idea of the Cosmos 


the Zodiac or Star Universe. BUT OUTSIDE 
THAT AGAIN is what they conceived as THE 
CRYSTALLINE SPHERE, as it were the Magic 
Mirror of Heaven about which was the Primum 
Mobile or Whirling Motion and Finally the Great 
Unknown Empyreum. (See Figure IV.) 

If we can get but a faint conception of this 






THE UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE 51 


UNIVERSAL CRYSTALLINE SPHERE, we 
shall be well repaid for the trouble and pains we 
may be at to accomplish this. In order that we 
may attain to that Perfect Clear Vision, known 
to the Adepts, we must learn to receive the Light 
of this Universal Sphere in the Crystal Soul of 
our own being, thus obtaining true Knowledge 
of the Higher Self, and finally of God and The 
Universe. 

We may well stand in awe before the greatness 
of this conception, as compared—perhaps—with 
the aims we set out to accomplish at the begin¬ 
ning of our practice. Yet “The soul of man is 
immortal, and its future is the future of a thing 
whose growth and splendour have no limit. 
The principle that gives life dwells in us, and 
without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, 
is not heard or seen or felt, but is perceived by 
the man who desires perception. Each man is 
his own absolute law-giver, the dispenser of 
glory or gloom to himself, the decreer of his 
life, his reward, his punishment.” (Idyll of the 
White Lotus.) 

And we, each and every one, must choose for 
him or herself, whether we linger on the way, 
or with untiring effort press onward to the true 
goal of Clear Vision. 































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CHAPTER IV 


A CONSIDERATION OF THE ANCIENT 
METHODS 

The enquirer, having read thus far, will have 
realized that behind and beyond all that he may 
hitherto have considered as the Art of Crystal 
Gazing, there is a Greater and Wider field of ap¬ 
plication, making necessary more careful prep¬ 
arations, but leading to correspondingly impor¬ 
tant results. At this point it will be necessary 
for him, or her, to decide whether or not they 
are prepared to carry the practice beyond the 
preliminary stages already described, and in case 
they desire to do so, they must be ready to ful¬ 
fill the necessary requirements. 

We should first consider the best of the an¬ 
cient instructions available, and later, we may 
be able to find points in which they seem inade¬ 
quate, and others that can certainly be improved 
upon. 

The Methods of Trithemius of Spanheim—The 
Friend and Teacher of Cornelius Agrippa—who 
lived in the Sixteenth Century, as transmitted to 


(53) 


54 


CRYSTAL VISION 


us by Francis Barrett, who translated his work 
from the Latin in the early part of the Nineteenth 
Century, have been considered the clearest and 
best of their kind. We find parts of these instruc¬ 
tions quoted in practically all the books on the 
subject that have been published since, some¬ 
times with acknowledgments and sometimes with¬ 
out. 

A few fragments of Barrett’s Introduction to 
that work, written by him in the form of a let¬ 
ter to a young friend and fellow Student, may 
not be out of place here, since the advice then 
given, holds equally good at this day. 

My Friend: 

Knowing thee to be a curious searcher after 
those sciences Which are out of the common 
track of study, (I mean the art of foretelling 
events, magic, talismans, etc.) I am moved 
spiritually to give thee my thoughts upon them, 
and by these ideas here written, to open to thine 
eye (spiritual) as much information as it seems 
necessary for thee to know, by which thou may- 
est be led by the hand into the delectable field 
of nature; and to give thee such documents as, 
guided by the supreme wisdom of the Highest, 
thou mayest refresh thy soul with a delicious 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


55 


draught of knowledge; so that after recreating 
thy spirit with the use of those good gifts which 
may please God to bestow upon thee, thou may- 
est be wrapped up into the contemplation of the 
immense wisdom of that great munificent Being 
who created thee. 

Now, thou art a man in whose soul the image 
of Divinity is sealed for eternity, think first what 
is thy desire in searching after these mysteries? 
Is it wealth, honour, fame, power, might, ag¬ 
grandizement, and the like? Perhaps thy heart 
says, All! all these I would gladly crave! If so, 
this is my answer,—seek first to know thyself 
thoroughly, cleanse thy heart from all wicked, 
vain and rapacious desires. 

To know thyself is to know God, for it is the 
spiritual gift from God that enables a man to 
know himself. This gift but very few possess, 
as may be daily seen. 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all 
things shall be added unto you. 

Farewell, remember my poor counsel, and be 
happy. 


F. B. 


56 


CRYSTAL VISION 


OF THE MAKING OF THE CRYSTAL, AND 

THE FORM OF PREPARATION FOR A 
VISION. 

Procure of a lapidary good clear pellucid crys¬ 
tal, of the bigness of a small orange i. e. about 
one inch and a half in diameter; let it be globu¬ 
lar or round each way alike; then when you have 
got this crystal, fair and clear, without any 
clouds or specks, get a small plate of pure gold 
to encompass the crystal round one-half; let this 
be fitted on an ivory or ebony pedestal, as you 
may see more fully described in the drawing (see 
Frontispiece). Let there be engraved a circle 
round the crystal with these characters around 
inside the circle, next the crystal: A Hexagram, 
a Pentagram and a Maltese Cross; afterwards 
the name “Tetragrammaton”. On the other side 
of the plate let there be engraved “Michael, 
Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael which are the four prin¬ 
cipal angels ruling over the Sun , Moon, Venus 
and Mercury; but on the table on which the crystal 
stands, the following names, characters, etc., 
must be drawn in order. 

First, the names of the seven planets and 
angels ruling them, with their seals and char¬ 
acters. The names of the four kings of the four 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


57 


comers of the earth. Let them be all written 
within a double circle, with a triangle on a table; 
on which place the crystal on its pedestal: this 
being done, thy table is complete (as in Frontis¬ 
piece) and fit for the calling of the spirits; after 
which thou shalt proceed to experiment thus: 

In what time thou wouldest deal with the spirits 
by the table and crystal , thou must observe the 
planetary hour: and whatsoever planet rules that 
hour, the angel governing the planet thou shalt 
call in the manner following; but first, say this 
short prayer. 

“Oh God! who art the author of all good things, 
strengthen, I beseech thee, thy poor servant, that 
he may stand fast, without fear, through this 
dealing and work: enlighten, I beseech thee, oh 
Lord, the dark understanding of thy creature, 
so that his spiritual eye may be opened to see and 
know thy angelic spirits descending here in this 
crystal: (Then lay thy hand on the crystal say¬ 
ing,) and thou, oh inanimate creature of God, 
be sanctified and consecrated, and blessed to this 
purpose, that no evil phantasy may appear in 
thee; or, if they do gain ingress into this crea¬ 
ture, they may be constrained to speak intelli¬ 
gibly, and truly, and without the least ambiguity, 


58 


CRYSTAL VISION 


for Christ’s sake. Amen . And forasmuch as 
thy servant here standing before thee, oh Lord! 
desires neither evil treasure, nor injury to his 
neighbor, nor hurt to any living creature, grant 
him the power of descrying those celestial spirits 
or intelligences, that may appear in this crystal, 
and whatever good gifts (whether the power of 
healing infirmities, or of imbibing wisdom, or 
discovering any evil likely to afflict any person or 
family, or any other gift) thou mayest be pleased 
to bestow on me, enable me, by thy wisdom and 
mercy, to use whatever I may receive to the hon¬ 
our of thy holy name. Grant this for thy son 
Christ’s sake. Amen.” 

Then taking your ring and pentacle, put the 
ring on the little finger of your right hand; hang 
the pentacle round thy neck; (Note, the pentacle 
may be either written on clean virgin parchment, 
or engraven on a square plate of silver and sus¬ 
pended from thy neck to the breast), then take 
your black ebony wand with the gilt characters 
on it and trace the circle, saying, “In the name 
of the blessed Trinity, I consecrate this piece of 
ground for our defense; so that no evil spirit 
may have power to break these bonds pre¬ 
scribed here, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” 
Amen . 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


59 


Then place the vessel for the perfumes be¬ 
tween thy circle and the holy table on which the 
crystal stands, and, having fire therein, cast in 
thy perfumes, saying. 

“I conjure thee, oh thou creature of fire! by 
him who created all things both in heaven and 
earth, and in the sea, and in every other place 
whatever, that forthwith thou cast away every 
phantasm from thee, that no hurt whatsoever 
shall be done in anything. Bless, oh Lord, this 
creature of fire, and sanctify it that it may be 
blessed, and that they may fill up the power and 
virtue of their odours; so neither the enemy, nor 
any false imagination may enter into them; 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.” 

Now, this being done in the order prescribed, 
take thy little book, which must be made about 
seven inches long, of pure white virgin vellum 
or paper, likewise pen and ink must be ready to 
write down the name, character, and office, like¬ 
wise the seal or image of whatever spirit may 
appear (for this I must tell you that it does not 
happen that the same spirit you call will always 
appear, for you must try the spirit to know 
whether he be a pure or impure being, and this 
thou shalt easily know by a firm and undoubted 
faith in God). 


60 


CRYSTAL VISION 


Now the most pure and simple way of calling 
the spirits or spirit is by a short oration to the 
spirit himself, which is more effectual and easy 
to perform than composing a table of letters; 
for all celestial operations, the more pure and 
unmixed they are, the more they are agreeable 
to the celestial spirits: therefore, after the circle 
is drawn, the book, perfumes, rod, etc., in readi¬ 
ness, proceed as follows: 

(After noticing the exact hour of the day, and 
what angel rules that hour, thou shalt say.) 

“In the name of the blessed and holy Trinity, 
I do desire thee, thou strong and mighty angel 
Michael (or any other angel or spirit), that if it 
be the divine will of him who is called Tetra- 
grammaton, etc., the Holy God, the Father, that 
thou take upon thee some shape as best beseem- 
eth thy celestial nature, and appear to us visibly 
here in this crystal, and answer our demands in 
as far as we shall not transgress the bounds of 
the divine mercy and goodness, by requesting 
unlawful knowledge; but that thou will gra¬ 
ciously shew us what things are most profitable 
for us to know and do, to the glory and honour 
of his divine Majesty, who liveth and reigneth, 
world without end. Amen. 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


61 


“Lord, thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
heaven:—make clean our hearts within us, and 
take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

“0 Lord, by thy name, we have called him, 
suffer him to administer unto us. And that all 
things may work together for thy honour and 
glory, to whom with thee, the Son, and blessed 
Spirit, be ascribed all might, majesty and do¬ 
minion. Amen. 

Note , In these dealings, two should always be 
present; for often a spirit is manifest to one 
in the crystal when the other cannot perceive 
him; therefore if any spirit appear, as there 
most likely will, to one or both say, 

“Oh Lord! we return thee our hearty and sin¬ 
cere thanks for the hearing of our prayer, and 
we thank thee for having permitted thy spirit 
to appear unto us which we, by thy mercy, will 
interrogate to our further instruction, through 
Christ. Amen. 

Interrog. 1. In the name of the holy and un¬ 
defiled Spirit, the Father, the begotten Son, and 
Holy Ghost, proceeding from both, what is thy 
true name? 

If the spirit answers, Michael , then proceed. 

Question 2. What is thy office? 3. What is 


62 


CRYSTAL VISION 


thy true sign or character? 4. When are the 
times most agreeable to thy nature to hold con¬ 
ference with us? 

Wilt thou swear by the blood and righteous¬ 
ness of our Lord Jesus Christ, that thou art truly 
Michael ? 

(Let him swear, then write down his seal or 
character in thy book, and against it, his office 
and times to be called, through God’s name; also 
write down anything he may teach thee, or any 
responses he may make to thy questions or inter¬ 
rogations, concerning life or death, arts or 
sciences, or any other thing) ; and then thou shalt 
say, 

“Thou great and mighty spirit, inasmuch as 
thou earnest in peace and in the name of the 
ever blessed and righteous Trinity, so in this 
name thou mayest depart, and return to us when 
we call thee in his name to whom every knee doth 
bow down. Fare thee well, Michael; peace be 
between us, through our blessed Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen” 

Then will the spirit depart; then say, “To God 
the Father, eternal Spirit, fountain of Light, the 
Son, and Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


63 


I shall here set down the Table of the names of 
Spirits and Planets governing the Hours; so 
thou shalt easily know by inspection, what Spirit 
and Planet governs every Hour of the Day and 
Night in the Week. 


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CRYSTAL VISION 


Hours 

Day 

Angels and 
Planets 
ruling 
Sunday 

Angels and 
Planets 
ruling 
Monday 

Angels and 
Planets 
ruling 
Tuesday 

Angels and 
Planets 
ruling 
Wednesday 


Day 

Day 

Day 

Day 

1 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

2 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

3 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

4 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

5 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

6 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

7 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

8 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

9 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

10 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

11 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachael 

12 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Hours 

Night 

Night 

Night 

Night 

Night 

1 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

2 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

3 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

4 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

5 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

6 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

7 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

8 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

9 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

10 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

11 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

12 

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Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 




















THE ANCIENT METHODS 


65 



Angels and 

Angels and 

Angels and 

Hours 

Planets 

Planets 

Planets 

Day 

ruling 

ruling 

ruling 


Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 


Day 

Day 

Day 

1 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

2 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

3 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

4 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

5 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

6 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

7 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

8 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

9 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

10 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

11 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

12 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Hours 

Night 

Night 

Night 

Night 

1 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

2 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

3 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

4 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

5 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 

6 

Anael 

Cassiel 

Michael 

7 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

Anael 

8 

Gabriel 

Samael 

Raphael 

9 

Cassiel 

Michael 

Gabriel 

10 

Sachiel 

Anael 

Cassiel 

11 

Samael 

Raphael 

Sachiel 

12 

Michael 

Gabriel 

Samael 


Note, the day is divided into twelve equal 
parts, called planetary hours, reckoning from 




















66 


CRYSTAL VISION 


sun-rise to sun-set and, again, from the setting 
to the rising; and to find the planetary hour, 
you need but to divide the natural hours by 
twelve, and the quotient gives the length of the 
planetary hours and odd minutes, which shows 
you how long a spirit bears rule in that day; as 
Michael governs the first and the eighth hour 
on Sunday, as does the Sun. After you have the 
length, of the first hour, you have only to look in 
the table, as if it be the fourth hour, on Sunday, 
you see in the Table that the Moon and Gabriel 
rules; and so for the rest it being so plain and 
easy you cannot err.” 

This concludes the Ancient Instruction. 

Although at first reading the above instruc¬ 
tions may appear comparatively simple, as in 
fact they are, the student will soon find that a 
great deal of further information is desirable, 
and necessary in order to obtain a thorough 
practical grasp of the matter. The more astute 
will discover that a much wider knowledge of 
Magick and Occultism is implied, than is pos¬ 
sessed by the average reader. Herein lies the 
difficulty of the present author, who, while de¬ 
sirous of being really helpful to earnest Stu¬ 
dents, knows clearly the obstacles to the practical 
application of this method of working. 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


67 


For instance, we have been supplied with de¬ 
tails whereby we may appear to stand a fair 
chance of invoking the Angel Michael (always 
provided our intentions are pure, and we are 
of that simple Religious turn of mind, prepared 
be believe implicitly in the instructions and the 
Powers Invoked, without questioning the reason 
why things are thus and so and not otherwise ), 
but Michael is but one of the seven Angels men¬ 
tioned in the table of Planets and Rulers, and his 
services are only at our disposal at intervals. 

In order to be in a position to invoke the 
Angels of the other hours and Planets, we must 
be in possession of their Names in Hebrew, to¬ 
gether with their Sigils or Characters, and these 
must be Written on the Circle and Table in place 
of those given in the Plate. Also, in place of the 
Symbol of The Sun, on the rim of the Circle, 
must be placed the proper Planetary Symbol 
corresponding to the Angel Invoked; and so on. 

Nor do our difficulties end here, for we may 
ask why the Sigil (that peculiar figure placed 
under the name Michael within the Hexagon on 
the Table, and on the upper left hand side of the 
Circle) should be that of Michael, and no other. 
In order to answer this, the methods of draw¬ 
ing the Sigils of Angels, Intelligences and Spirits, 


68 


CRYSTAL VISION 


from their Magic Squares, or by other means, 
would need explanation. 

Magick is in truth the Science of Life itself, and 
all things in True Magick have a perfectly clear 
and lucid explanation, each step has a definite 
connection with the one before and the one fol¬ 
lowing. But that is where the practical diffi¬ 
culty comes in; we want to learn Crystal Gazing, 
and we find that before we can do anything with 
the matter properly, we must have learned many 
other things, in order to be in position even to 
carry out such a simple Ceremony as above de¬ 
scribed. On the other hand, if things are (ap¬ 
parently) made too easy for us, we fail to un¬ 
derstand the underlying principles involved, and 
through failure to obtain a proper grasp of the 
matter, we are led into a condition where, in¬ 
stead of us having the proper Power and Au¬ 
thority over the spirit invoked, IT has power 
over us, and since we have no means of TEST¬ 
ING its true NATURE, we may easily be de¬ 
ceived, led into further error, and finally lost. 

Every Divine Name, for instance, on the Circle 
or Holy Table shown in the Plate, has a very 
definite meaning, and is placed just where it is 
for a very definite reason. To the Magician, 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


69 


who understands every detail, these form the 
best and only true PROTECTION, since he 
USES these things as his instruments and relies 
on his power to use them rightly. To the novice 
or uninitiate, they mean little or nothing, and 
how can he USE things he understands noth¬ 
ing about. Of course the fact that he must pro¬ 
cure even these few simple materials, and fash¬ 
ion them properly, gives him a certain knowledge 
of the matter, but a very superficial one. And 
these articles are not so easily procured as one 
might imagine. 

Take for instance “The Black Ebony Wand” 
shown in the illustration, which we are told to 
engrave with certain Names and Figures. If 
made, what will this wand mean to us? 

It may mean a stick of wood, without life, and 
little more than a walking-stick (if as much), or 
it may represent our Highest and Most Divine 
Possession. 

The True Wand is the Divine Will in Man, 
and one who is thus able to exercise the Divine 
Will, may certainly be in a position to use it to 
Consecrate a Circle. The Wand here described 
is a Symbol of that Will and to prepare it we 
must have gone through a Ceremony very like 


70 


CRYSTAL VISION 


the one described in the First Chapter of this 
Book, in regard to the Crystal, but much more 
powerful, since we are dealing with our chief 
Magical Weapon. Why is the Wand Black? To 
represent perfect Understanding on the part of 
the Instrument, and perfect absorption of the 
Will of the Operator, which in turn is God’s Will. 
It thus forms a veritable “Hollow Tube to bring 
down fire from Heaven”. Again its substance is 
rigid and unbending—ebony—to represent the 
Power of Unconquered Will. Engraved upon it 
are the Words of Power AGLA—ON—TETRA- 
GRAMMATON, and on the reverse side EGO 
ALPHA ET OMEGA. What is the meaning of 
this to one who realizes the nature of the Wand? 
AGLA is a Word of Power, the Initials of which 
form the sentence “Ateh Geburah le-Olahm 
Adonai” which means “Unto Thee be the Power 
0 My Lord Adonai!” thus asserting the Power 
of Adonai, The Higher Self of Man (and of 
Humanity) as Lord of All. The next Word, ON, 
is the Name of the SUN in the old Egyptian Lan¬ 
guage, and the Sun again represents The Power 
on High giving Life to all beings on this planet; 
again it has a correspondence in ourselves, as 
the Human Will situated in the Heart, etc. 


THE ANCIENT METHODS 


71 


TETRAGRAMMATON, means the Four Let¬ 
tered Name, the Ineffable Name IHVH, having 
Power over all the Elements, and representing 
the complete FORMULA of the MAGICK SYS¬ 
TEM here used. The words on the reverse side 
“EGO ALPHA ET OMEGA” mean “I am 
Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, 
the first and the Last” thus asserting the Wand 
or True Will to be supreme, and also containing 
the Greek formula of IAO, which is similar to 
that of Tetragrammaton. 

This will give the Student some idea of what 
is involved in even such an apparently simple set 
of Magical Instruments as is here depicted. Is 
he prepared to assert his Will as the Will of 
God and the Universe? If not, he is not ready 
to acquire and use the Wand. So it is with the 
other instruments, about which a long treatise 
might be written, most useful and interesting 
to the few earnest Students, but quite beyond the 
comprehension of the ordinary reader. 

It would give the Author great pleasure to 
v/rite such a treatise around the simple cere¬ 
mony above described, but the limits of this little 
book will not permit. Should a real demand 
arise, it will no doubt become possible for the 


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real student to obtain the information necessary. 
For it is written “When the Pupil is ready the 
Master appears.” 


CHAPTER V 


FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS—THE METHODS 
OF DR. DEE AND SIR EDWARD KELLY 

There is one point the Student may, or may 
not, have noticed in regard to the Simple Cere¬ 
mony described in the previous chapter, viz: 
the entire absence of any ceremony of Purifica¬ 
tion or Banishing. 

This may be accounted for by the fact that the 
Operator is supposed to be one who has implicit 
faith and trust in the Divine Powers Invoked, 
but it is only the Purest and Highest type of Seer 
who can safely use these methods, and at the 
same time, their simplicity is likely to attract 
the most ignorant. 

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and 
Magick either requires a great deal of knowledge, 
or none at all, and when we say None at all we 
mean Knowledge must have been transcended 
and have given place to Understanding or Direct 
Perception. 


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There are proper Ceremonies for Banishing 
and Invoking which should be used whenever 
a Circle is used in an operation of this sort. 
Again, to understand them rightly requires con¬ 
siderable work on the part of the Student. 

It is not my intention to discourage the be¬ 
ginner from an attempt to put into practice any 
part of this Art, which however is also a Science. 
No Science can be learned in a day, and unless 
the Scientific aspect be first mastered, how can 
one be in a position to carry out the practical 
side in a skillful manner, befitting any of the 
Arts. 

A few words should be written on the necessity 
of Banishing before undertaking any Occult or 
Magical Work. When we first of all dealt with 
our crystal, we found it necessary to Banish 
from it any impure Astral Influences that might 
have been present within it, after which we Con¬ 
secrated it, and Charged it with our Will. It is 
equally necessary, therefore, that in the event of 
our desiring to Work within a Magic Circle, 
drawn on the floor of our Temple, (or Room) we 
should FIRST BANISH all impure influences 
from that room, or at least cause them to remain 
OUTSIDE the CIRCLE, which in this case is 


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but Symbolical of THE UNIVERSAL CRYS¬ 
TALLINE SPHERE from which we desire to 
call down influence upon our LESSER CRYSTAL¬ 
LINE SPHERE, and in turn to be able to compre¬ 
hend them, by means of a Vision, within our 
own CRYSTAL SPHERE—THE SOUL. 

If this Soul is Pure and Clear in the first in¬ 
stance, nothing can harm it, but usually the prac¬ 
tices we undertake are for the purpose of purify¬ 
ing our own vehicle. 

The burning of incense may help to purify 
the atmosphere in our surroundings, but this 
incense itself is impure until it has been PURI¬ 
FIED and CONSECRATED to the work in hand. 
This at least we may accomplish, by methods 
very similar to those adopted in the case of the 
crystal . A more elaborate preparation is cer¬ 
tainly advisable, but this is not the place to enter 
into full details of the Banishing Rituals of the 
Pentagram and Hexagram. These details may 
be found in “The Equinox.” Vol. 1 Number 2 
by those who need them sufficiently to feel it 
worth while to obtain them. 

The practical importance, however, of these 
Rituals cannot be overrated. They form a means 
of Banishing all that is undesirable in our sur- 


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roundings, Elementary, Planetary and Zodiacal; 
and also of invoking the Powers of the Elements, 
Planets and Signs in the proper way. 

The failure to understand these things has led 
in the past to many disastrous results, and the 
world to-day seems blissfully ignorant of even 
the necessity of any such performance, while at 
the same time attempting to deal with “Phe¬ 
nomena” of a Spiritualistic Type, which in many 
instances is nearer to the necromantic results 
of Evocation than the comparatively safe meth¬ 
ods of Invocation described in the last chapter. 

We may now turn our attention to some of 
the possible results of Crystal Gazing, when un¬ 
dertaken in the right manner. This, at least, 
may encourage the enquirer to “make himself 
fit” to accomplish similar results in time. 

Few people realize what an important factor 
the Crystal has played, and is playing, in events 
of Planetary Importance concerning the Initia¬ 
tion of the whole of Humanity. It seems a far 
cry from the practice of Crystal Gazing to the 
New Aeon, but it may be there is more than 
a slight connection even in that instance. In 
any case, the practice may lead to results far 
greater than ever imagined in the beginning, and 


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these results may only become manifest long 
after the original seer has passed away and is 
almost forgotten. 

In any case it is doubtful whether the old 
Abbot Trithemius of Spanheim, dreamed that 
his instructions, written so long ago, were going 
to be copied and commented upon in this little 
book, or could have foreseen—any more than the 
present author can foresee—the result upon the 
lives of those who may read them and act upon 
them in the future. 

In the latter part of the Sixteenth and Early 
part of the Seventeenth Centuries, there lived 
another man, to whom the Art of Crystal Gazing 
came to mean much. I refer to Dr. Dee who 
during his Occult career made the acquaintance 
of a certain Crystal Gazer known as Edward 
Kelly. The result of their work is certainly 
active to-day, and had it not been for them, it is 
very doubtful if the present treatise would ever 
have been written. 

Quoting from a recently published Life of John 
Dee by Charlotte Fell Smith (although this book 
is not of great practical importance to the Stu¬ 
dent) we obtain the following: 


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THE CRYSTAL GAZERS 

“It is a curious picture to call up, that of 
the strangely assorted pair seated in the inner 
room at Mortlake, acting out this spiritual 
drama. Dee had asked for instructions about 
the room for the sittings: 

“May my little farthest chamber serve, if the 
bed be taken down?” The table, covered with 
its cloth, stood in the centre upon the seals. 
Kelly, perhaps with the black cap he is credited 
with having always worn, pulled close over his 
ears, was seated at it. Dee at his desk sat writ¬ 
ing in the great folio book. He was now fifty- 
six years old; his beard was long, but perhaps 
not yet 'as white as milk' as Aubrey describes it. 
He did not apparently see the visions himself. 
Once he reproachfully said: 'You know I cannot 
see or skry\ He conversed with the spirits and 
sometimes heard what they said; but to the eye 
and ear of his body they were invisible; hence 
his dependence upon a skryer. 

“The sole object of his ambition was the at¬ 
tainment of legitimate wisdom. When convers¬ 
ing with the angels, how near within his grasp 
it seemed! Michael's exposition seemed almost 
to promise it to him:— 


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“ ‘Wilt thou have witt and wisdom? Here it 
is.” 

“Michael points each time to a figure of seven 
squares shown within a circle of light. 

“ ‘The exaltation and government of princes is 
in my hand. 

“ ‘In counsayle and Nobilitie, I prevayle. 

“ ‘The Gayne and Trade of Merchandise is in 
my hand. Lo! here it is. 

“ ‘The Qualitie of the Earth and Waters is my 
knowledge, and I know them. And here it is. 

“ ‘The motion of the Ayre and those that move 
in it, are all known to me. Lo! here they are. 

“ T signifie wisdom. In fire is my government, 
I was in the beginning and shall be to the end. 

“ ‘Mark these mysteries. For this knowne, 
the state of the whole earth is knowne, and all 
that is thereon. Mighty is God, yea, mighty is 
he who hath composed forever. Give diligent 
eye. Be wise, merry and pleasant in the Lord.' ” 

Here we have one of the communications from 
the Angel Michael that has been Historically re¬ 
corded. In fact a great deal of the work of Dee 
and Kelly remains in actual writing to this day. 
Many of their formulae are being used by the 
true Adepts, and much work has yet to be done 


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in order to make the meaning of this early work 
entirely clear. The public knows little or noth¬ 
ing of all this, but I may quote from certain 
Official Instructions of The Great White Brother¬ 
hood or A. A. which deals with the matter. 

“The Skryer (Edward Kelly) obtained from 
certain Angels a series of seven talismans. 
These, grouped about the Holy Twelvefold Table, 
similarly obtained, were part of the furniture of 
the Holy Table ” 

“Other Pantacles were obtained in a similar 
manner. Here (Figure V) is the principal one, 
which carved in wax, was placed upon the top of 
the table. On four others stood the feet of the 
table. 

“Note first the Holy Sevenfold Table contain¬ 
ing seven Names of God which not even the 
Angels are able to pronounce. 

SAAI^EME 

BTZKASE 30 

HEIDENE 

DEIMOL 30 A 

I 26 MEGCBE 

ILAOI^VN 

IIIRLAAL^ 

“These names are seen written without the 
heptagram within the heptagon/* 


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THB SIGILLUM DEI iEMETH, A PANTACLB 
MADE BY DR. JOHN DEE 

Figure V 


This Holy Sevenfold Table is probably the one 
referred to by the Angel Michael in the com¬ 
munication above quoted. It forms the Key to 
manifold and great Mysteries. 

By reading these obliquely are obtained the 
names of other sets of Angels, some of which 


















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were attributed to the Metals of the Planets, as 
also by other methods of reading can be obtained 
the Names of the Seven Great Angels, etc., etc. 
All the names of the Angels thus drawn from the 
Sevenfold Table appear on the Pantacle or SIG- 
ILLUM DEI iEMETH. 

Dr. Dee also had a Shew-stone, a crystal which 
he alleged to have been brought to him by angels. 
This was placed upon the Table, and the principal 
result of the ceremonial skrying of Sir Edward 
Kelly, was the obtaining of a series of wonderful 
diagrams, containing the Keys to all the myster¬ 
ies of the Universe. 

He symbolized the Fourth-Dimensional Uni¬ 
verse in two dimensions as a square surrounded 
by 30 concentric circles, (known as the 30 
iEthyrs or Aires) whose radii increase in geo¬ 
metrical proportion. 

The sides of the square formed Four Great 
Watch-Towers which are attributed to the ele¬ 
ments, these in turn are all governed by what 
is known as The Table of Union , attributed to 
Spirit. 

Dr. Dee also obtained the Alphabet of the 
Angelic Language, in which all these mysteries 
were written. It is sometimes called the Enoch- 


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ian Alphabet, as the angels claimed to be those 
which conversed with the “patriarch Enoch” of 
Jewish fable. 

The Thirty Aires or iEthyrs, surrounding the 
Material Universe, each had their special name, 
drawn from these pantacles. Also the names of 
their Governors were drawn from the same 
sources. Each of the iEthyrs had three govern¬ 
ors, and these in turn controlled from two to 
nine thousand servitors. 

A series of Forty-eight Calls or Invocations 
were also obtained in the Angelic Language, and 
by means of these it became possible to Invoke 
to Visible Appearance all these ^Ethyric Spheres, 
with their Angel Guardians. This gives but a 
slight idea of the extent of the practical Magical 
work done by Dee and Kelly by means of the 
Crystal or Shew-Stone. 

This work has formed the basis of much of the 
Magical Work of the Adepts of this present 
time, and was instrumental in bringing about 
what we now know as The New Aeon. Almost 
all will now have recognized that we are living 
in a New Age or Era, and the Magical Forces 
which have brought this about, are largely due, 
in the first instance, to the Keys to the Higher 


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Spheres obtained by Dee and Kelly, some cen¬ 
turies before Humanity was ripe for the actual 
Initiating of the Current of Higher Will, which 
the practical use of these Keys made possible in 
this age. 

All this may sound highly fantastical to those 
who have no initiated knowledge of the Universe, 
or of the nature and powers of Man. We do not 
wish to labor the point, but it illustrates how im¬ 
portant the Crystal may become in the hands of 
a true Seer. 

The Real Prophet is one who has also the 
Power to make his prophesies come true. That 
is the difference between the Major and the 
Minor Prophets. In this instance many things 
seen by Dee and Kelly are coming true, but 
chiefly because a greater Adept than either of 
them, grasped the possibilities of their Visions 
and by his Mighty Will, put the necessary Forces 
into action. We may now consider what is 
meant by a Shew-Stone. 

This, in the instance above cited, consisted not 
in a crystal sphere placed upon a stand on the 
table, but in a stone pressed to the forehead of 
the Seer. At least such was the material means 
used in obtaining the Visions of the 30 iEthyrs 


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by Frater 0. M. just before and after The 
Equinox of the Gods which occurred in 1904 
E. V. 

In that instance a great Topaz, set in a Scarlet 
Cross, was used. The process was somewhat 
different from ordinary crystal-gazing, as like¬ 
wise were the results. 

The place of what is known as the “Third 
Eye” in man, is just above and between the ex¬ 
terior organs of sight. This is known in Hindu 
Systems as the “Ajna Chakra” and is thought 
by some to correspond to the Pineal Gland. 

Intense concentration on this “Lotus” or 
“Chakra” produces Visions of a very high char¬ 
acter, and this concentration may be increased 
—or aided—by the pressure of a shew-stone to 
the forehead just over this “third-eye.” 

In that case the Vision is turned inwards to¬ 
wards the Ajna Chakra, instead of concentrated 
on an outside object such as the crystal. When 
the power of concentration has been developed 
by means of crystal-gazing (as described in the 
earlier chapters of this book) this concentration 
may be taken up by the INTERIOR ORGANS 
OF VISION, and the visions perceived, not in 
physical space, but in the Chitakasha or MEN- 


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TAL SPACE. Visions of this nature are usually 
of much greater value than the others which re¬ 
sult from our early practices with the eyes open. 

Consideration of Visions of this type, as of 
the proper means of obtaining them, will lead 
us well on the path to obtaining true Crystal 
Vision. Since, however, it forms a different as¬ 
pect of the Work, it will be best to treat of it in 
another Chapter. 


CHAPTER VI 


THE ATTAINMENT OF CRYSTAL VISION 

The reader will by now have realized that 
there is a certain difference between Visions ob¬ 
tained by means of the Crystal, and the attain¬ 
ment of Crystal Vision. 

Let us consider the matter in greater detail. 
If we use a crystal as a means of obtaining vi¬ 
sions of what, to us, would otherwise remain 
unseen, we accomplish our purpose through 
learning to concentrate our attention on the 
Lesser Crystalline Sphere. Just what we see by 
this means is beyond our power of control, for 
we have taken no steps to insure any particular 
type of vision appearing before us in the crystal. 
The visions so obtained may be pleasant, or un¬ 
pleasant; symbolical or actual; past, present, or 
future; and we have to rely upon our own power 
of comprehension and our own intuitive ideas, 
in order to make such visions of value. 

Also, the power to see such visions at all, 
largely depends on our own inner state of de- 


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velopment. If we have not been living on the 
right diet, if we have not learned to breathe 
correctly, if our own ideas are not of the great¬ 
est purity; these visions may be coloured by our 
own thought, or we may not be able to get beyond 
the very early stages. 

Much therefore depends upon ourselves, and 
we must be prepared to so train ourselves that 
these “inner powers”, which enable us to contact 
the subtle vibrations concentrated on the crystal 
from the Universal Sphere, may become apparent 
to our conscious mind. 

The concentration of our gaze on the crystal 
is perhaps the most important part of the whole 
operation, for we are thus learning to concen¬ 
trate our minds on a single idea. 

Concentration of mind leads to the highest re¬ 
sults, if rightly directed. It is a valuable ac¬ 
quirement and well worth the time and trouble 
it may take in order to secure it. 

The true Student will probably realize that 
this power of mental concentration is of greater 
importance than the mere elementary visions 
seen in the crystal while we are learning to ac¬ 
quire it. The practices we have undertaken to 
that end will have served to strengthen the will 


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and with that strengthening of the will comes 
more power of choice. We are no longer content 
to remain slaves to our visions (or to our 
thoughts) we seek a conscious mastery over these 
things. 

In that case, we may begin to question the 
truth of our visions. We may find ourselves in 
a position to see certain events which have 
transpired, or are transpiring, or will transpire 
on this material plane. We may follow our inner 
guidance when we interpret these visions, and 
we may make a true guess, so that what we have 
beheld may prove in line with fact. On the other 
hand, we may find many instances when our in¬ 
terpretation of the Symbols, or the Time, con¬ 
nected with our visions is far from correct. Many 
people forget about these things, and we only 
hear of the few instances when everything turns 
out correctly. 

Some persons seem naturally gifted with "‘sec¬ 
ond sight” and are able to give others an accu¬ 
rate “reading” in a fairly large percentage of 
cases. But such persons are comparatively rare, 
and in any case they represent the “medium- 
istic” passivd type of individuals, who are little 
better than reflectors, with no creative powers 
of their own. 


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Crystal gazing, should teach us to become more 
positive, rather than more negative. Our only 
chance of true advancement lies in the direction 
of control of the Astral Plane. If we let it con¬ 
trol us, we are lost. 

The Ancients, realizing this, devised the 
proper methods for obtaining visions of a definite 
type, or at least from a definite type of intelli¬ 
gence, represented—in the examples previously 
given—by certain Angels of a high order. Such 
Beings are capable of teaching us great truths, 
while the mere elementals, with which we may 
come in contact by less scientific methods, are 
only too likely to lead us astray. 

But we also discovered that in order to carry 
out the instructions of the Wise Seers of the 
past, we must first be in possession of a fund 
of knowledge which would put us in the position 
to work in an intelligent manner. Should we, 
on the other hand neglect to obtain this, we 
should still be just as much at the mercy of the 
elementary forces, since in our ignorance, we 
could be easily deceived, and having no means of 
testing the accuracy of our results, might well 
come to grief. 

Our safest method, therefore, will be to treat 


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every result as subjective, as something arising 
within ourselves, and to leave on one side the 
question of the objective reality of any of our 
visions. Just because we perceive a “vision” 
which appears to be in objective space, because 
we have our physical eyes open and have been 
gazing at a Crystal, it does not prove that this 
vision is really outside of us. As a matter of 
fact all we perceive in the physical universe, is 
within our organ of vision, and the outside cause 
may be quite other than that which we think it is. 
A table, for instance, appears as it does on ac¬ 
count of certain vibrations from the “outside” 
entering our consciousness through the “eye” 
and our inner organ of vision reacts, and pro¬ 
jects into “space” the image that we call a 
“table”. Just what a “table” is in reality, we 
really do not know. 

In any case, when we have been gazing at the 
crystal, after the mist has cleared away and we 
become conscious of the “vision”, we are not at 
the same time conscious of our material sur¬ 
roundings. 

So we see, that after all, our own “vision” 
needs to be trained, and that is the most impor¬ 
tant consideration for the true Seer. 


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Now, although it is not so easy perhaps, we 
are just as well able—with practice—to concen¬ 
trate our minds inwards as outwards. We can 
make a mental picture of a crystal or some other 
simple object, and concentrate on that mental 
image while our physical eyes are closed. We 
have, in other words a certain power of inner 
vision which may be much developed. Once we 
have learned to concentrate the mind to some 
extent, we may arouse, by means of our creative 
imagination any kind of vision we desire. But 
again we cannot be sure that we imagine truly, 
this, however, need not concern us very much for 
the moment. 

If we try to imagine, for instance, a “Red 
Triangle” we find our mental picture, even of 
this simple object, trying to escape us. It will 
change colour, and shape, and size; and at first 
it is very little under our control. But it is 
slightly under our control because we created it 
by means of our will to perceive a red triangle. 
It is quite unlike an idea which takes possession 
of our mind against our will, and obsesses us. 
Also, the more we practice, the more vividly shall 
we be able to see the Red Triangle, and the less 
it will change colour and shape, till one day— 


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after we have been practicing a long time, per¬ 
haps—we shall be able to hold it before our men¬ 
tal vision at will . The fact that we are able to do 
this, will imply that we have been able to cut 
away from consciousness every other thought ex¬ 
cept the Red Triangle. What will be the result? 
There will be a “rushing together of the Seer 
and the Seen” and in a moment we shall find 
ourselves in an entirely new state of conscious¬ 
ness. Our mind—for a brief period at any rate 
—will become CRYSTAL CLEAR. We shall 
have obtained, what in Raja Yoga is called, 
Dhyana. This is but the first of the Great re¬ 
sults, but it is a thousand times more glorious, 
and more worth while, than any vision in the 
crystal that might have been obtained by con¬ 
centration of the mind outside instead of inside 
our own Crystalline Sphere. 

Again, man has the power—once he has 
learned to concentrate—to form for himself a 
“Body of Light” or “Astral Body” which at first 
surrounds his physical body, and may afterwards 
be separated from it, so that—while still retain¬ 
ing his full consciousness—he may learn to 
travel clothed in his Body of Light, on the Astral 
Plane. He may visit other spheres, those de- 


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picted in the Diagram as surrounding the phys¬ 
ical world, governed by the planetary intelli¬ 
gences. He may extend his field of knowledge 
further and further, until some day, if he has 
succeeded in purifying himself sufficiently in the 
meanwhile, he may gaze upon that UNIVERSAL 
CRYSTALLINE SPHERE, mentioned in our 
Third Chapter. 

It was such a course that Frater 0. M. took 
when he obtained the series of 30 Visions of the 
Aires or iEthyrs, in accordance with the Sys¬ 
tem partially worked out by Dr. Dee and Sir 
Edward Kelly. Some of these visions are very 
wonderful indeed, and I cannot refrain from 
quoting a part of his Magical Record on the 
subject. The following is chosen because it in¬ 
troduces the Angel Madimi, the same who first 
appeared to Dr. Dee. 

THE CRY OF THE 17TH iETHYR, WHICH IS 
CALLED TAN. 

“Into the stone there first cometh the head of 
a dragon, and then the Angel Madimi. She is 
not the mere elemental that one would suppose 
from the account of Casaubon. I enquire why 
her form is different. 

She says: Since all things are God, in all 


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things thou seest just so much of God as thy 
capacity affordeth thee. But behold! Thou must 
pierce deeply into this iEthyr before true im¬ 
ages appear. For TAN is that which transform¬ 
ed judgment into justice. BAL is the sword, 
and TAN the balances. 

A pair of balances appears in the stone, and 
on the bar of the balance is written: Motion 
about a point is iniquity. 

And behind the balances is a plume, luminous, 
azure. And somehow connected with the plume, 
but I cannot divine how, are the words: Breath 
is iniquity. (That is, any wind must stir the 
feather of truth.) 

And behind the plume is a shining filament 
of quartz, suspended vertically from the abyss 
to the abyss. And in the midst is a winged disk 
of some extremely delicate, translucent sub¬ 
stance, on which is written in the “dagger” al¬ 
phabet: Torsion is iniquity. (This means, that 
Rashith Ha-Gilgalim is the first appearance of 
evil.) 

And now an Angel appears, like as he were 
carven in black diamonds. And he cries: Woe 
unto the Second, whom all nations of men call 
the First. Woe unto the First, whom all grades 


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of Adepts call the First. Woe unto me, for I, 
even as they, have worshipped him. But she 
whose paps are the galaxies, and he that never 
shall be known, in them is no motion. For the 
Infinite Without filleth all and moveth not, and 
the Infinite Within goeth indeed; but it is no 
odds, else were the space-marks confounded. 

And now the Angel is but a shining speck of 
blackness in the midst of a tremendous sphere 
of liquid and vibrating light, at first gold, then 
becoming green, and lastly pure gold. And I 
see that the green of Libra is made up of the 
yellow of air and the blue of water, swords and 
cups, judgment and mercy. And this word TAN 
meaneth mercy. And the feather of Maat is 
blue because the truth of justice is mercy. And 
a voice cometh, as it were the music of the rip¬ 
ples of the surface of the sphere: Truth is de¬ 
light. (This means that the Truth of the uni¬ 
verse is delight.) 

Another voice cometh; it is the voice of a 
mighty Angel, all in silver; the scales of his 
armour and the plumes of his wings are like 
mother-of-pearl in a framework of silver. And 
he sayeth: Justice is the equity that ye have 
made for yourselves between truth and false- 


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hood. But in Truth there is nothing of this, for 
there is only Truth. Your falsehood is but a 
little falser than your truth. Yet by your truth 
shall ye come to Truth. Your truth is your troth 
with Adonai the Beloved one. And the Chym- 
ical Marriage of the Alchemists beginneth with 
a Weighing, and he that is not found wanting 
hath within him one spark of fire, so dense and 
so intense that it cannot be moved, though all 
the winds of heaven should clamour against it, 
and all the waters of the abyss surge upon it to 
smother it. Nay, it shall not be moved. 

And this is the fire of which it is written: 
“Hear thou the voice of fire!” And the voice of 
fire is the second chapter of the Book of the 
Law, that is revealed unto him that is a score 
and half a score and three that are scores, and 
six, by Aiwass, that is his guardian, the mighty 
Angel that extendeth from the first unto the last, 
and maketh' known the mysteries that are be¬ 
yond. And the method and the form of invoca¬ 
tion whereby a man shall attain to the knowledge 
and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel 
shall be given unto thee in the proper place, and 
seeing that the word is deadlier than lightning, 
do thou meditate straightly thereupon, solitary, 


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in a place where is no living thing visible, 
but only the light of the sun. And thy head shall 
be bare. Thus mayest thou become fitted to re¬ 
ceive this, the holiest of the Mysteries. And it is 
the holiest of the Mysteries because it is the Nex$ 
Step. And those Mysteries which lie beyond, 
though they be holier, are not holy unto thee, but 
only remote. (The sense of this passage seems 
to be, that the holiness of a thing implies its per¬ 
sonal relation with one, just as one cannot blas¬ 
pheme an unknown god, because one does not 
know what to say to annoy him. And this ex¬ 
plains the perfect inefficiency of those who try 
to insult the saints; the most violent attacks are 
very often merely clumsy compliments.) 

Now the Angel is spread completely over the 
Globe, a dewy film of silver upon that luminous 
blue. 

And a great voice cries: Behold the Queen of 
Heaven, how she hath woven her robes from the 
loom of justice. For as that straight path of 
the Arrow cleaving the Rainbow became right¬ 
eousness in her that sitteth in the hall of double 
truth, so at last is she exalted unto the throne 
of the High Priestess, the Priestess of the Silver 
Star, wherein also is thine Angel made manifest. 


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And this is the mystery of the camel that is ten 
days in the desert, and is not athirst, because 
he hath within him that water which is the dew 
distilled from the Night of Nuit. Triple is the 
cord of silver, that it may not be loosed; and 
three score and a half a score and three is the 
number of the name of my name, for that the 
ineffable wisdom, that also is of the sphere of 
the stars, informeth me. Thus am I crowned 
with the triangle that is about the eye, and there¬ 
fore is my number three. And in me there is no 
imperfection, because through me descendeth 
the influence of TARO. And that is also the 
number of Aiwass the mighty Angel, the Min¬ 
ister of Silence. 

And even as the shew-stone burneth thy fore¬ 
head with its intolerable flame, so he who hath 
known me, though but from afar, is marked out 
and chosen from among men, and he shall never 
turn back or turn aside, for he hath made the link 
that is not to be broken, nay, not by the malice 
of the Four Great Princes of the evil of the 
world, nor by Choronzon, that mighty Devil, nor 
by the wrath of God, nor by affliction and feeble¬ 
ness of the soul. 

Yet with this assurance be not thou content; 



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for though thou hast wings of the Eagle, they 
are vain, except they be joined to the shoulders 
of the Bull. Now, therefore, I send forth a shaft 
of my light, even as a ladder let down from the 
heaven upon the earth, and by this black cross 
of Themis that I hold before thine eyes, do I 
swear unto thee that the path shall be open 
henceforth for evermore. 

There is a clash of a myriad silver cymbals, 
and silence. And then three times a note is 
struck upon a bell, which sounds like my holy 
Tibetan bell, that is made of electrum magicum. 

I am happily returned unto the earth. 
Bou-Saada. 

December 2, 1909. 12:15—2 A. M. 


The above example of one of the most perfect 
types of Symbolic Visions cannot be fully ap¬ 
preciated by those who are unacquainted with 
the true Keys of the Holy Qabalah, and with 
some of the Mysteries of the New Aeon. Those 
who have made some study of “Q. B. L.”, of the 
“Tree of Life”, the Tarot, etc., will soon dis¬ 
cover a great many underlying meanings, and to 
them the perfect consistency of all the symbol¬ 
ism, will be quite apparent. In any case, even 



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those who have little knowledge of such matters, 
will recognize the beauty, sublimity, and great¬ 
ness of this type of Vision, compared with any 
of a more partial nature. Of course, this is but 
one of a series, and by itself is not very explana¬ 
tory, but I may add, that all these Visions were 
of a definitely Initiatory nature—so far as the 
Seer was concerned—and at the same time they 
have a perfectly true Universal Application. It 
is a pity this cannot be said in regard to the 
average “crystal reading”. But the concentra¬ 
tion of mind obtained by the earnest student of 
crystal-gazing, may, as before remarked, result 
in visions of a much more important character, 
if the seer is sufficiently interested in Truth to 
learn to make his own Inner Vision, Crystal 
Clear. 






CHAPTER Vn 


OP THE ULTIMATE CRYSTAL 

“In the sphere I am everywhere the centre , as 
she, the circumference, is nowhere found,” 

Liber Legis . Ch. II. Verse 3. 

We are now nearing the end of our journey in 
search of the True Crystal. Before, however, 
we treat of the ultimate conceptions, we should 
devote a little more time to matters less tran¬ 
scendent in their nature. 

This little treatise, while giving as wide a 
view as possible of the whole subject, aims to be 
intensely practical and helpful to all who may 
read it. Some will be at one stage of develop¬ 
ment, others will have reached a different level, 
but the author trusts that all will obtain some 
hints that may actually be put into practice, and 
thus lead the seeker to a clearer and better under¬ 
standing of himself and others. 

Here are a few practical hints: 

A diet of fruit and vegetables may have its 


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advantages by making the student more suscep¬ 
tible to visions of a clairvoyant type. On the 
other hand a mixed diet suits some people far 
better, and may give more real staying power. 
Don’t become a “diet crank” you will have no 
time for anything else more important. Use 
your common sense—experiment if you like—but 
don’t form habits. The best type of man or 
woman is the one who can eat anything, and 
does eat anything according to the natural 
promptings of his or her being, and that without 
causing disgestive troubles. 

Don’t do any practice after a full meal, or 
when very tired; this would not be giving Nature 
a proper chance, and your practice must suffer 
accordingly. 

Rather be the tortoise than the hare. Real 
progress is made despite obstacles, and the more 
obstacles we meet—and overcome—the stronger 
becomes our will. 

You are practically bound to obtain what you 
truly ask for. Be sure of what you really want 
before you ask for it. 

Take plenty of fresh air and exercise, and 
don’t become so obsessed with dark seances that 
you overlook the value of Sunlight. 


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105 


Your first duty to Humanity is self-improve¬ 
ment. Man is ignorant of the nature and powers 
of his own being. Until he has obtained a scien¬ 
tific knowledge of himself, he cannot really ex¬ 
pect to aid others. 

It requires much more study and effort to 
Know Yourself, than it does to give others ad¬ 
vice they do not need. 

Learn to mind your own business, and in time 
others will follow your example. 

Learn to speak the truth, and you will begin 
to notice when you are telling lies. 

Remember that even truth is relative. There 
is but one Truth and that lies at the End of the 
Path. Yet seek Truth, and be content with noth¬ 
ing less. 

We live in a world of appearances. There 
seem to be innumerable “Pairs of Opposites” till 
the final Pair has been realized and Mated. Then 
we shall “See things as they are.” 

In the meanwhile there are many stages, each 
nearer to the Truth, wherein we shall still see 
things only as they APPEAR. All Visions, how¬ 
ever high, fall under this heading. 

The Highest States of Consciousness are 
FORMLESS, and the final State is of Crystal- 


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line Purity. There is, however, ‘That which re¬ 
mains” viz: perfect Bliss. 

A short description might well be given of 
“Visions” of an intermediate type, such as we 
term Astral Visions, as this may be of interest 
to students who have travelled some distance on 
the path, but who, as yet, have not realized re¬ 
sults such as we described in the last Chapter. 

The following is from the Author's Occult 
Record while a Neophyte of the Great Order. 
It is of the type called an Astral Journey, when 
the Seer actually “travels” in his “Body of 
Light.” 

“Nov. 28, 1918. 11:5 to 11:27 P. M. 

Drew, with wand, in front of me, a circle 
(three times round) and formed astral in that. 
Rose to a great height. Suddenly, as it were, 
a rope flashed round me and fell, forming a 
spiral, ever widening, at the top of which I sat. 
Stood up on this, only to fall, down, down, down, 
not quite vertically, into the water. Rising 
again, and striking out, I, after a short while 
perceived a boat, something like a gondola, and 
swam towards it. It was rowed by a dark- 
skinned man, old and wrinkled, whom I at first 
thought to be an Indian. As I reached the boat 


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107 


and put my hand on the side, it seemed as if he 
would strike at me with his oar, but no, he 
grinned, and I drew myself into the boat and sat 
in the forepart, which was high and covered 
with a sort of hood. Presently, it struck me 
that the man was not living but dead (Death). 
We then drifted in a mist, and all became blank 
for awhile; the memory of boat, man and self, 
were all but lost. 

When the mist cleared I realized that the man 
was no longer there, and I myself guided the 
boat. Coming back out of the mist the waters 
were blue and no longer black, and I realized, 
that day was breaking. Gradually I watched the 
Sunrise, and set the boat in that direction, row¬ 
ing so as to keep my face to the Sun. It seemed 
like a Portal; but, keeping on, it presently rose, 
and by the time it was getting high in the heav¬ 
ens I perceived a fair city ahead. Domes, Min- 
erates, etc. Arriving there, I for the first time 
noticed I was dark skinned and clad in a loin¬ 
cloth. Landing, I was surrounded by men in 
an Eastern costume, Arabs or Turks, I thought 
them. 

One old man took me by the hand, I made the 
sign of the Pentagram over him, but he smiled 


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and said “Come along, it’s all right/’ and led 
me along a street paved with cobbles, the houses 
of which overhung, till we reached a sort of 
mosque. 

Entering this, he led me to the altar, which 
was supported by brackets from the wall, and 
above which was a beautiful stained window. 
At the sides were thin columns and sort of boxes, 
similar to theatre boxes. We knelt at the altar; 
and he took my hand and said: “Raise your 
consciousness”. I perceived a star and crescent 
above me, and a cross dimly formulated in the 
background. 

After this, the astral seemed to coincide with 
the body: but consciousness of the astral sur¬ 
roundings was still clear. Continued to raise 
consciousness, and to send out thoughts of Love. 
Perceived around me innumerable streams of 
thought, interlacing and like a net-work, and 
when the Love-thought was sent out, the whole 
net sparkled, as with little specks of gold. Con¬ 
tinued in this thought for some minutes, and 
gradually returned to normal. Gave thanks and 
entered diary.” 

I quote this Vision, chiefly because it was not 
what it should have been, and because this gives 


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109 


me the opportunity of adding the Comments 
made upon it by my Guru. He wrote. 

“Very nearly in serious trouble, my young and 
rash friend! It seems that you must go up well 
outside earth-attraction if you wish to get good 
astrals. It sounds Sunday-school talk, and I can 
give no reason. But I've tried repeatedly going 
horizontally and downwards, always with the 
same result. Gross and hostile things are be¬ 
low, pure being above. The vision is good 
enough for what it is; it is clear and coherent. 
But I see no trace of scientific method in direct¬ 
ing the vision. I explain further in the general 
comment. 0. M.” 

Such advice is worthy of the notice of every 
“seer" for much of it applies to other forms of 
work. To search the earth plane by means of 
visions, is practically valueless* and often posi¬ 
tively harmful. We can travel to another city 
for a few dollars without expenditure of valu¬ 
able occult power, but we have a right to use it 
to examine “Things above" which cannot be 
reached by means of a material aeroplane. We 
should always make use of physical means on 
the physical plane if possible, people make the 
greatest mistakes by “mixing the planes." That 


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is the chief trouble with “mental science” “men¬ 
tal healing” and what not. We must learn to 
adjust things on their own planes. The Phys¬ 
ical by Physical, the Astral by Astral, the Men¬ 
tal by Mental, and The Spiritual by Spiritual 
methods. When we have straightened out these 
different levels of consciousness, a certain har¬ 
mony will be apparent on all planes, which in the 
end results in perfect Unity. The Method of 
trying to control ideas of one plane, by means 
of those of another, is a wrong one. Remember 
things are always true on their own plane, but 
in very few instances are they true on another. 
That is why we should examine our visions scien¬ 
tifically, while they are present in our conscious¬ 
ness, but when that consciousness becomes aware 
of the material plane once more, we should place 
little, if any reliance, on the truth of our vision, 
as corresponding to events of everyday life. 

I may perhaps quote one more vision, of a 
slightly higher type, since it was Invoked by 
means of Will and by scientific methods. Vi¬ 
sions are of little real value unless WILLED. 

This time the vision was undertaken in order 
to discover the answer to a definite Examination 
Question set by the Order. 


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111 


“Invoke Mercury and Hod, and travel till you 
meet the Unicorn mentioned in Liber LXV, 
Chapter III, verse 2. Report its conversation 
fully.” 

This is the kind of question you must fit your¬ 
selves to answer. Something you could not pos¬ 
sibly obtain by other means. Few people realize 
that on the Astral Plane are the Records from 
which such Inspired and Holy Books as Liber 
LXV are written, and that these Records may 
again be Invoked by proper means. 

“March 24th, 1914. 9:40 to 10:50 P. M. 

“During the day I prepared a Circle of Orange, 
about 5 ft. in diameter (the largest I could make 
in the little room I am using) and within it, an 
eight-pointed star of yellow. Within that again 
an Octagon. A Red upright Tau in the centre, 
and eight small red pentagrams at the points 
of the star to represent lights; for there was no 
room to use them with safety. The whole was 
very crude, but the best I could do with the 
materials at hand. 

“Having robed and entered the temple, .1 made 
a general Invocation (impromptu) of the Lord 
of the Universe, and traced the circle and figures 
with the wand. Performed the Lesser Banish- 


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ing Ritual of the Pentagram; then Invoked 
“Water” and sprinkled the circle to purify it. 
Performed the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagon, fol¬ 
lowed by Invocation of Mercury and Hod, (im¬ 
promptu) with appropriate Hexagram. 

Lit incense. Made a further statement of my 
intention. Knelt in the centre of Circle and tried 
to formulate a “White Astral” with no very great 
success at first. Afterwards, I forgot about the 
material body and began to get some result. 

Found my “astral” floating upon a dark sea 
on a sort of plank. The moon was shining above, 
and the thought came to me that ‘perhaps the 
Moon represented the Unicorn I had set out to 
seek', but I decided it was not so. 

Rising higher, I tried to identify myself with 
the moon, and then turned and faced the Sun; 
looking along the Ray as a Path. I had the im¬ 
pression of being a little child. 

About this time I was reminded of my physical 
body by a pressure on the brain, head and neck; 
a sort of frozen rigidity, which caused me to lose 
concentration on the astral for a little while. I 
determined to keep on, however, and astrally per¬ 
formed the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Penta¬ 
gram. When I came to the words: “In the col- 


THE ULTIMATE CRYSTAL 113 

umn stands the Six-Rayed Star” I seemed to rise 
quite easily. 

Travelled about, with no particular visions, 
seeking the Unicorn. I obtained an idea of a 
unicorn, but not very distinctly, and spoke to it. 
It informed me that it had no desire to converse. 
I made the sign of the Pentagram over it, where¬ 
upon, it said that it was not that which I sought. 
This being my own opinion also, I left it, and 
rose higher to try again. 

This time I got a clearer idea of the Unicorn, 
and began to converse with it. 

We were on the edge of a wood, beneath a 
night sky. It told me to look up, and having 
done so, I perceived a comet flash across the sky 
and disappear. Turning back, I questioned him, 
and he answered; ‘All men are thus, the Uni¬ 
verse is thus’. So I gathered from his words 
that a fragment appears for a moment (or a 
period) and disappears, leaving no trace. 

I felt that this was something I must get to 
understand, when he said: ‘Look again’ and this 
time a meteor flashed and then struck the earth. 
And he said: ‘Sometimes it is thus, and there 
appears to be pain as a result’. Then I said to 
him: ‘Do I understand that man appears for a 


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moment only, and is forever gone again?’ And 
he answered ‘The comet remains travelling in its 
ellipse, and only disappears from sight’. Fur¬ 
ther, he told me to look again, and I beheld a 
fixed star , shining in the blue. Turning again 
to him, I asked what this meant; and he an¬ 
swered: ‘The Masters are thus, they travel no 
more, but give Light’. Then I asked if I should 
attain to this, to which he replied ‘Yea, but not 
yet. Thou must be as a comet until after a while 
thou strikest a star, and becoming one with it, 
remain fixed.’ 

And I understood that there was nothing fur¬ 
ther to be said at that time. So I returned, and 
having given thanks, entered these experiences 
in my diary.” 

There is not much further to be said, so far as 
this little book is concerned, though there is much 
that might, and will be said at the proper time. 
The early vision, above recorded, took place 8 
years ago, and much has transpired since then. 

It may be remarked that this vision had a far 
wider and deeper application than ever the Seer 
realized at the time, part of this became more 
apparent many years later, there is still much to 
be accomplished. 


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115 


But let me call your attention to the Star. It 
is written, in Liber Legis, The Book of the Law, 
“Every man and every woman is a star.” What 
does this mean? It would take another and 
longer treatise, to tell you. This much may be 
said, however: 

At the CENTRE of our Being is the Star of 
Unconquered Will, that is the True or Divine 
Will, the Will of the Universe. Each must dis¬ 
cover this Star in his own being, and putting 
his personal will in line with Its Guidance, be¬ 
come an active and conscious cooperator in the 
Universal Plan. This Star is of Intense bril¬ 
liance. It is the Diamond Soul, the only Veil 
about the Innermost Essential Self. It is thus 
the ULTIMATE CRYSTAL, of which it is writ¬ 
ten by Our Lady Nuit—Goddess of the Starry 
Heavens—Who represents INFINITE SPACE 
or the Universal Crystalline Sphere: 

“Worship then the Khabs (Star) and behold 
my light shed over you!” 

When we have discovered this Central Light 
of our Being, and learned to Concentrate the 
Mind thereon, we shall begin the Ultimate Prac¬ 
tice of Crystal Gazing. We shall find the Star 
Rays from the Universal Sphere centered in us, 


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and when the focus becomes perfect, shall dis¬ 
cover, that this CENTRE is EVERYWHERE 
and THE CIRCUMFERENCE NOWHERE. 
Then all our conceptions of Crystalline Spheres 
will melt into That which is Without Limit— 
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